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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, George Bassett
Date of birth
17 May 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Woodland, Yolo County, California
Hometown
Chico, Butte County, California

Military service

Service number
39843241
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 12 57

Immediate family

Members
George R. Barnes (father)
Mary F. (Selsor) Barnes (mother)
Edward M. Barnes (brother)
Joseph W. Barnes (brother)
Florence Barnes (sister)
Fred M. Barnes (brother)
Mabel E. Barnes (sister)
Myrtle D. Barnes (sister)
Martha A. Barnes (sister)

More information

Pfc George B. Barnes worked as a laborer for the California Water Service in Chico before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 11 June 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Arizona Pioneers / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Sacramento Bee 16 December 1944 / Chico Record 19 December 1944
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Sacramento Bee 16 December 1944