John was born in Missouri and moved to Ray, Arizona, near Kearny in Pinal County. His name some places includes the letter "S" following his middle name, and that's how his name is shown on his Death Certificate. It may represent his grandfather's last name which was "Shufflebarger." He appears in the 1930 and 1940 censuses living in "Ray Town" in Pinal County with his parents, Blanchard and Berdie Barger.
He subsequently joined the U.S. Navy and was serving as an Aviation Cadet, when his plane crashed near Corpus Christi, Texas. According to his Texas Death Certificate (No. 14243), his body was initially shipped to the Cage-Mills Funeral Home in Coolidge, AZ. His Form No. 623 (Application for Headstone or Marker), indicates he was buried in the "Ray-Con Cemetery" in Ray, Arizona. A note on Ancestry.com from Ken Warren indicates that burials in the Ray Cemetery were relocated to the Ray Con Cemetery in Kearny, AZ.
He was 20 years old and not married.
He subsequently joined the U.S. Navy and was serving as an Aviation Cadet, when his plane crashed near Corpus Christi, Texas. According to his Texas Death Certificate (No. 14243), his body was initially shipped to the Cage-Mills Funeral Home in Coolidge, AZ. His Form No. 623 (Application for Headstone or Marker), indicates he was buried in the "Ray-Con Cemetery" in Ray, Arizona. A note on Ancestry.com from Ken Warren indicates that burials in the Ray Cemetery were relocated to the Ray Con Cemetery in Kearny, AZ.
He was 20 years old and not married.
John was born in Missouri and moved to Ray, Arizona, near Kearny in Pinal County. His name some places includes the letter "S" following his middle name, and that's how his name is shown on his Death Certificate. It may represent his grandfather's last name which was "Shufflebarger." He appears in the 1930 and 1940 censuses living in "Ray Town" in Pinal County with his parents, Blanchard and Berdie Barger.
He subsequently joined the U.S. Navy and was serving as an Aviation Cadet, when his plane crashed near Corpus Christi, Texas. According to his Texas Death Certificate (No. 14243), his body was initially shipped to the Cage-Mills Funeral Home in Coolidge, AZ. His Form No. 623 (Application for Headstone or Marker), indicates he was buried in the "Ray-Con Cemetery" in Ray, Arizona. A note on Ancestry.com from Ken Warren indicates that burials in the Ray Cemetery were relocated to the Ray Con Cemetery in Kearny, AZ.
He was 20 years old and not married.
He subsequently joined the U.S. Navy and was serving as an Aviation Cadet, when his plane crashed near Corpus Christi, Texas. According to his Texas Death Certificate (No. 14243), his body was initially shipped to the Cage-Mills Funeral Home in Coolidge, AZ. His Form No. 623 (Application for Headstone or Marker), indicates he was buried in the "Ray-Con Cemetery" in Ray, Arizona. A note on Ancestry.com from Ken Warren indicates that burials in the Ray Cemetery were relocated to the Ray Con Cemetery in Kearny, AZ.
He was 20 years old and not married.
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