Barnes, Virgil L

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Unit: 2d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)

Awards: Prisoner of War Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Belgian Croix de guerre Medal

Date of birth: 5 September 1916

Campaign: WWII

Died: 26 August 1944

Cause of death: Missing in action

Location of fatality: Maligny, France

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