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Personal info

Full name
BARNARD, John Rayner
Date of birth
22 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39477655
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 14 4

Immediate family

Members
Harley C. Barnard (father)
Elva M. (Peirce) Barnard (mother)
Wilma D. (Robertson) Barnard (wife)

More information

Pvt John R. Barnard enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 12 June 1944. He attended high school for one year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com