Son of William Edward Barrow
1872–1941) & Lottie Ophelia [Williams] Barrow (1876–1946); twin of twin to Ralph Arnold Barrow, Sr.
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On September 22, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Roy Edward Barrow, missing from the Korean War.
MSgt Barrow was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was an Antiaircraft Artillery Fire Control Chief assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on or about December 2, 1950 (the Battle of Chosin Reservoir) . He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was originally born in York, Alabama, but moved to Mississippi. DOD records cite December 12, 1950, as date of loss, but due to the internal chaos within the unit due to high losses, it is impossible without eyewitness confirmation to have a specific date of actual loss. By December 12, 1950, the unit was in reserve in the Hamhung-Hungnam area.
His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
1872–1941) & Lottie Ophelia [Williams] Barrow (1876–1946); twin of twin to Ralph Arnold Barrow, Sr.
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On September 22, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Roy Edward Barrow, missing from the Korean War.
MSgt Barrow was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was an Antiaircraft Artillery Fire Control Chief assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on or about December 2, 1950 (the Battle of Chosin Reservoir) . He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was originally born in York, Alabama, but moved to Mississippi. DOD records cite December 12, 1950, as date of loss, but due to the internal chaos within the unit due to high losses, it is impossible without eyewitness confirmation to have a specific date of actual loss. By December 12, 1950, the unit was in reserve in the Hamhung-Hungnam area.
His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Son of William Edward Barrow
1872–1941) & Lottie Ophelia [Williams] Barrow (1876–1946); twin of twin to Ralph Arnold Barrow, Sr.
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On September 22, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Roy Edward Barrow, missing from the Korean War.
MSgt Barrow was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was an Antiaircraft Artillery Fire Control Chief assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on or about December 2, 1950 (the Battle of Chosin Reservoir) . He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was originally born in York, Alabama, but moved to Mississippi. DOD records cite December 12, 1950, as date of loss, but due to the internal chaos within the unit due to high losses, it is impossible without eyewitness confirmation to have a specific date of actual loss. By December 12, 1950, the unit was in reserve in the Hamhung-Hungnam area.
His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
1872–1941) & Lottie Ophelia [Williams] Barrow (1876–1946); twin of twin to Ralph Arnold Barrow, Sr.
~
On September 22, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Master Sergeant Roy Edward Barrow, missing from the Korean War.
MSgt Barrow was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was an Antiaircraft Artillery Fire Control Chief assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on or about December 2, 1950 (the Battle of Chosin Reservoir) . He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. He was originally born in York, Alabama, but moved to Mississippi. DOD records cite December 12, 1950, as date of loss, but due to the internal chaos within the unit due to high losses, it is impossible without eyewitness confirmation to have a specific date of actual loss. By December 12, 1950, the unit was in reserve in the Hamhung-Hungnam area.
His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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