US PARAS Barr, Ralph Waldo

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Barr ​

• FORENAME

Ralph Waldo​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

20532827 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Park Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Evansville, Indiana, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Vanderburgh County, Indiana​

born 05.12.1922​

father Waldo Logan Barr (1898-1967)​

mother Willa (nee Cook) Barr (1901-1994)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck and tractor​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

17.01.1941 entered service Evansville, Indiana​

wife Betty Jean (nee Scott) (1924-2008)​

son Ralph Linden Barr (1942-2003)​

KIA La Fiere, Normandy ​

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