BARNES, Lawrence Edward

1908 -

• Name	BARNES, Lawrence Edward
  Birth	1908	Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BARN.L004
  Military Service	World War II, Metal Smith Second Class, United States Navy  [2]
  	Enlisted and entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on July 14, 1942 at Saint Louis, Missouri. Completed boot camp and further Seabee training. Served with the 17th Naval Construction Battalion, the 120th Naval Construction Battalion and the Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 617. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Metalsmith Second Class on September 28, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Shoemaker, California. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2106780
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		Metalsmith 2nd Class (M2c), United States Navy, World War II
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), United States Navy, World War II The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), US Navy, WWII, (Piping) The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Military Service Ribbons, Barnes, Lawrence Edward Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Barnes, Lawrence Edward
  Person ID	I25949	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 May 2023

  
  

  Family	?, G.
  Family ID	F11213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1908 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4802] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 21, page 10b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S14802] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Lawrence Edward Barnes, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2106780) (Reliability: 2).