SECOND LIEUTENANT BARNES IS KILLED
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Second Lieut. Dale Barnes, 32, of Marcus, was killed in action somewhere in Italy January 22 [sic] according to a telegram received from the War Department by his father, Ray O. Barnes.
In the Army a year and a half, Lieut. Barnes was stationed at Camp Carson, Colo., and later attended officer’s training school at Fort Sill, Okla. He was sent overseas October, 1943, with the field artillery and was stationed in North Africa before going to Italy.
Born in Marcus, he is a graduate of the Marcus high school and of the University of Iowa. He is survived by his wife Harriett, of Cherokee; his father and his sister, Mrs. E. F. Moeller, of Sioux City, and his grandfather, F. J. Carpenter, of Cherokee.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Feb. 29, 1944
Dale E. Barnes was born Feb. 20, 1911 to Ray O. and Lenora Carpenter Barnes. He died Jan. 21, 1944 and is buried in Marcus-Amherst Cemetery, Marcus, IA.
2nd Lt. Barnes served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
