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Personal info

Full name
BARR, Floyd Donald
Date of birth
14 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
Hometown
Washington Township, Miami County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15103189
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 45

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Barr (father)
Mary A. (Hartman) Barr (mother)
George G. Barr (brother)
William E. Barr (brother)
Paul E. Barr (brother)
Ralph O. Barr (brother)
Lora M. Barr (sister)
Lillian L. Barr (sister)
Lafaye Barr (sister)
Jessie M. Barr (sister)
Velma E. Barr (sister)
Betty J. (Nolder) Barr (wife)

More information

Sgt Floyd D. Barr volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 16 June 1942.

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 / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Kokomo Tribune 22 January 1945.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy