USMCR World War II
2nd/Lt. James E. Barlow KIA June 10, 1945 LT. Barlow was a "Mustang" (Enlisted to Officer).
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines 6th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Wife, Mrs. Juliet H. Barlow.
Father - Edward Stephen Barlow
Mother - Ada May Bailie (9/1888-12/18/1912)
Siblings - Charlotta (Barlow) Sloan, 1/2 brother William Edward Barlow, and 1/2 sister Hollis Barlow
service# 42504
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Barlow joined the Army Air Service Command in 1942 and transferred to the Marine Corps.
6th Marine Division was activated on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands on September 7, 1944. The 6th Division was formed from three infantry regiments, the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines and other units such as engineer, medical, pioneer, motor transport, tank, headquarters, and service battalions.
Okinawa
After Sugarloaf the Division advanced through Naha, conducted a shore-to-shore amphibious assault on, and subsequent 10-day battle to capture, the Oroku peninsula, and partook in mop-up operations in the south. The battle on Okinawa ended on 21 June 1945. The Sixth division was credited helping to capture 2⁄3 of the island, casualties,[18] including 576 casualties on one day (May 16) alone, a day described as the "bitterest" fighting of the Okinawa campaign where "the regiments had attacked with all the effort at their command and had been unsuccessful".
2nd/Lt. James E. Barlow KIA June 10, 1945 LT. Barlow was a "Mustang" (Enlisted to Officer).
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines 6th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Wife, Mrs. Juliet H. Barlow.
Father - Edward Stephen Barlow
Mother - Ada May Bailie (9/1888-12/18/1912)
Siblings - Charlotta (Barlow) Sloan, 1/2 brother William Edward Barlow, and 1/2 sister Hollis Barlow
service# 42504
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Barlow joined the Army Air Service Command in 1942 and transferred to the Marine Corps.
6th Marine Division was activated on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands on September 7, 1944. The 6th Division was formed from three infantry regiments, the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines and other units such as engineer, medical, pioneer, motor transport, tank, headquarters, and service battalions.
Okinawa
After Sugarloaf the Division advanced through Naha, conducted a shore-to-shore amphibious assault on, and subsequent 10-day battle to capture, the Oroku peninsula, and partook in mop-up operations in the south. The battle on Okinawa ended on 21 June 1945. The Sixth division was credited helping to capture 2⁄3 of the island, casualties,[18] including 576 casualties on one day (May 16) alone, a day described as the "bitterest" fighting of the Okinawa campaign where "the regiments had attacked with all the effort at their command and had been unsuccessful".
USMCR World War II
2nd/Lt. James E. Barlow KIA June 10, 1945 LT. Barlow was a "Mustang" (Enlisted to Officer).
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines 6th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Wife, Mrs. Juliet H. Barlow.
Father - Edward Stephen Barlow
Mother - Ada May Bailie (9/1888-12/18/1912)
Siblings - Charlotta (Barlow) Sloan, 1/2 brother William Edward Barlow, and 1/2 sister Hollis Barlow
service# 42504
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Barlow joined the Army Air Service Command in 1942 and transferred to the Marine Corps.
6th Marine Division was activated on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands on September 7, 1944. The 6th Division was formed from three infantry regiments, the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines and other units such as engineer, medical, pioneer, motor transport, tank, headquarters, and service battalions.
Okinawa
After Sugarloaf the Division advanced through Naha, conducted a shore-to-shore amphibious assault on, and subsequent 10-day battle to capture, the Oroku peninsula, and partook in mop-up operations in the south. The battle on Okinawa ended on 21 June 1945. The Sixth division was credited helping to capture 2⁄3 of the island, casualties,[18] including 576 casualties on one day (May 16) alone, a day described as the "bitterest" fighting of the Okinawa campaign where "the regiments had attacked with all the effort at their command and had been unsuccessful".
2nd/Lt. James E. Barlow KIA June 10, 1945 LT. Barlow was a "Mustang" (Enlisted to Officer).
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines 6th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Wife, Mrs. Juliet H. Barlow.
Father - Edward Stephen Barlow
Mother - Ada May Bailie (9/1888-12/18/1912)
Siblings - Charlotta (Barlow) Sloan, 1/2 brother William Edward Barlow, and 1/2 sister Hollis Barlow
service# 42504
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Barlow joined the Army Air Service Command in 1942 and transferred to the Marine Corps.
6th Marine Division was activated on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands on September 7, 1944. The 6th Division was formed from three infantry regiments, the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines and other units such as engineer, medical, pioneer, motor transport, tank, headquarters, and service battalions.
Okinawa
After Sugarloaf the Division advanced through Naha, conducted a shore-to-shore amphibious assault on, and subsequent 10-day battle to capture, the Oroku peninsula, and partook in mop-up operations in the south. The battle on Okinawa ended on 21 June 1945. The Sixth division was credited helping to capture 2⁄3 of the island, casualties,[18] including 576 casualties on one day (May 16) alone, a day described as the "bitterest" fighting of the Okinawa campaign where "the regiments had attacked with all the effort at their command and had been unsuccessful".
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