Burial record and grave marker for Harry Barnes in Creveling Cemetery,
Almedia (Columbia county), Pennsylvania. Note the regimental logo in the
upper left corner of the stone.
Harry enlisted
in the Army at Wilkes Barre, PA on 5 January 1943 and was assigned to
Service Company, 508th PIR.
Pvt Barnes was one of the Service Co members that made
up the advanced detail sent from Ireland to England to ready Wollaton
Park for the arrival of the regiment in March 1943.
Pvt Barnes was promoted to Pfc on 4 January 1945. |