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PFC Robert Charles Barnhart
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PFC Robert Charles Barnhart Veteran

Birth
Iberia, Miller County, Missouri, USA
Death
25 Jul 1953 (aged 19)
South Korea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA GPS-Latitude: 21.3138866, Longitude: -157.8475189
Plot
Courts of the Missing
Memorial ID
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Private First Class Barnhart was a member of Company G, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy at the Boulder City outpost, the last ground engagement by the Marines in the Korean War, on July 25, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 26, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Private First Class Barnhart was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Service Number 1270087. Robert had enlisted in the Marine Corps 2 Feb 1952.
Private First Class Barnhart was a member of Company G, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy at the Boulder City outpost, the last ground engagement by the Marines in the Korean War, on July 25, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 26, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Private First Class Barnhart was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Service Number 1270087. Robert had enlisted in the Marine Corps 2 Feb 1952.


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