US PARAS Barker, William Emory

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Barker ​

• FORENAME

William Emory​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

34082808 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st September 1943 ​

• AGE

27​

• GRAVESITE

North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia Plot B Row 19 Grave 5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia​

born 06.07.1916, Etowah, Tennessee, USA​

4 years high school​

civil occupation semiprofessional occupations​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Chickamauga, Georgia​

23.05.1941 entered service Fort Mcpherson Atlanta, Georgia​

Next of kin - Mrs. Ina Blackwell, Chickamauga, Georgia​

died (non battle) Tunisia (shows Italy - drowning)​