FORMER COUNTY MAN DIES ON AFRICAN FRONT
Lieut. Somers E. Barnett, Jr. has been killed in action on the African front, according to a notification from the war department to his mother, Mrs. S. E. Barnett, Ada.
A native of Idabel, Lieut. Barnett was reared at Valliant where the family resided a number of years. later moving to Ada. His father died two months ago at Ada.
Young Barnett had been on the African front for several months. He is survived by hia mother, one sister in California, and one brother with the U. S. Air Corps.
No details of the action in which he met death were available.
McCurtain Gazette
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 10, 1943
He enlisted in WW II as shown on military records:
Enlisted: Nov. 3, 1941, in Oklahoma City, OK State of Res: Oklahoma, Pontotoc Co.
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Aviation Corps
Edu: 4 years college
Civil occ: Musicians and teachers of music
Marital: Single without dependents
Hgt: 72 in
Wgt: 151
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas about Barnett
Name: Somers E Barnett
Inducted From: Oklahoma
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 95th Bomber Squadron 17th Bomber Group Death Date: 19 Dec 1942
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Lieut. Somers E. Barnett, Jr. has been killed in action on the African front, according to a notification from the war department to his mother, Mrs. S. E. Barnett, Ada.
A native of Idabel, Lieut. Barnett was reared at Valliant where the family resided a number of years. later moving to Ada. His father died two months ago at Ada.
Young Barnett had been on the African front for several months. He is survived by hia mother, one sister in California, and one brother with the U. S. Air Corps.
No details of the action in which he met death were available.
McCurtain Gazette
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 10, 1943
He enlisted in WW II as shown on military records:
Enlisted: Nov. 3, 1941, in Oklahoma City, OK State of Res: Oklahoma, Pontotoc Co.
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Aviation Corps
Edu: 4 years college
Civil occ: Musicians and teachers of music
Marital: Single without dependents
Hgt: 72 in
Wgt: 151
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas about Barnett
Name: Somers E Barnett
Inducted From: Oklahoma
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 95th Bomber Squadron 17th Bomber Group Death Date: 19 Dec 1942
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
FORMER COUNTY MAN DIES ON AFRICAN FRONT
Lieut. Somers E. Barnett, Jr. has been killed in action on the African front, according to a notification from the war department to his mother, Mrs. S. E. Barnett, Ada.
A native of Idabel, Lieut. Barnett was reared at Valliant where the family resided a number of years. later moving to Ada. His father died two months ago at Ada.
Young Barnett had been on the African front for several months. He is survived by hia mother, one sister in California, and one brother with the U. S. Air Corps.
No details of the action in which he met death were available.
McCurtain Gazette
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 10, 1943
He enlisted in WW II as shown on military records:
Enlisted: Nov. 3, 1941, in Oklahoma City, OK State of Res: Oklahoma, Pontotoc Co.
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Aviation Corps
Edu: 4 years college
Civil occ: Musicians and teachers of music
Marital: Single without dependents
Hgt: 72 in
Wgt: 151
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas about Barnett
Name: Somers E Barnett
Inducted From: Oklahoma
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 95th Bomber Squadron 17th Bomber Group Death Date: 19 Dec 1942
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Lieut. Somers E. Barnett, Jr. has been killed in action on the African front, according to a notification from the war department to his mother, Mrs. S. E. Barnett, Ada.
A native of Idabel, Lieut. Barnett was reared at Valliant where the family resided a number of years. later moving to Ada. His father died two months ago at Ada.
Young Barnett had been on the African front for several months. He is survived by hia mother, one sister in California, and one brother with the U. S. Air Corps.
No details of the action in which he met death were available.
McCurtain Gazette
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 10, 1943
He enlisted in WW II as shown on military records:
Enlisted: Nov. 3, 1941, in Oklahoma City, OK State of Res: Oklahoma, Pontotoc Co.
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Aviation Corps
Edu: 4 years college
Civil occ: Musicians and teachers of music
Marital: Single without dependents
Hgt: 72 in
Wgt: 151
---------------
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas about Barnett
Name: Somers E Barnett
Inducted From: Oklahoma
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 95th Bomber Squadron 17th Bomber Group Death Date: 19 Dec 1942
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
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