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Personal info

Full name
BARBER, Robert Raymond
Date of birth
18 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Norwich, Chenango County, New York
Hometown
Norwich, Chenango County, New York

Military service

Service number
32285933
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kressbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 83

Immediate family

Members
Howard W. Barber (father)
Laura R. (Adams) Barber (mother)
Lawrence H. Barber (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Barber was employed at the Norwich Publishing Company before he enlisted. He was sent overseas in 1942.

He is remembered at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Norwich, Chenango County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dixson Wilkins Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com – Press and Sun Bulletin 9 June 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JTF