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Personal info

Full name
BARTO, Irvin Weller Jr
Date of birth
5 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33874606
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Bannholz Woods near Sinz-Nennig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 30 23

Immediate family

Members
Irvin W. Barto (father)
Elizabeth L. (Weller) Barto (mother)
Mildred Barto (sister)
Ruth Barto (sister)
Harold W. Barto (brother)
William W. Barto (brother)
Daniel Barto (brother)
Myron Barto (brother)
Lewis Barto (brother)
Medwin Barto (brother)
Mary W. Barto (sister)
Clair Barto (sister)
Edith W. Barto (sister)
Dale W. Barto (brother)
Calvin W. Barto (brother)
Albert W. Barto (brother)
Louise A. Barto (sister)
Carl W. Barto (brother)

More information

Pfc Irvin W. Barto Jr. enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 12 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Six of his brothers also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Barto Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era - 13 October 1945 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era - 13 October 1945