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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Louis Freddie
Date of birth
2 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York
Hometown
Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
32854897
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 66

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Barnes (father)
Louise (Cook) Barnes (mother)
Rita C. Barnes (sister)
Josephine M. Barnes (sister)
Gerald T. Barnes (brother)
Darrel P. Barnes (brother)
Marsha A. Barnes (sister)

More information

Pvt Louis F. Barnes enlisted in Utica, New York on 29 March 1943.

He was a member of the Mohawk Nation of Indians tribe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Barnes Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Wanda Parker
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy