WORLD WAR II
James Monroe Barnett
ARMY -PFC - KIA
142 Infantry, 36th Division, 5th Army
Fallen at Salerno

Service number 38036979 His mother was Mrs Lonnie Bell Barnett of Whitesboro. He entered Cooke County in his papers but was from Whitesboro (It is almost right on the county line) I include anyone who has a Grayson County entry anywhere on their military records. He lived in Rural Whitesboro. Born 6 Dec 1913 - Died 11 Sep 1943 Gainesville Daily Register 23 Oct 1943 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 24 Oct 1943 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 14 Oct 1943 The Invasion of Italy Youtube Film of the 36th Div at Salerno 36th Division in World War II Salerno He was buried in Gainesville, in Fairview Cemetery. Both counties claimed him - he worked in Grayson County and lived close to Whitesboro, which is in Grayson Couty. The county person who collected the enlistment cards must have been keeping tabs on who had died during the war and wrote Deceased on his. Tombstone Application shows he was returned to the US in 1948

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