Barnes, Leland L.

1922 - 1982  (59 years)

• Name	Barnes, Leland L.
  Birth	8 Sep 1922  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BARN.L012
  _FGRAVE	22830919
  Military Service	World War II, Corporal, Battery B, 48th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, United States Army  [1, 2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on December 30, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for The Coast Artillery Corps, completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Crewman (601) and assigned to Battery B, 48th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. Departed the Continental U.S. on February 12, 1944 bound for The European Theater of Operations. Fought in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal, and a Certificate of Merit. Honorably discharged as a Corporal on December 12, 1945 at The Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. (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=2049898
  		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 Army
  		Corporal, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Barnes, Leland L. (1922-1982) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern 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)
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		European Theater of World War II
  		Operation Overlord, World War II
  		Rhineland Campaign, World War II
  		Central Europe
  		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, Leland L. (1922-1982)
  Death	24 Apr 1982  [1]
  Burial	Iola Cemetery, Iola, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Barnes, Leland L.
  		Headstone, Barnes, Leland L. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I43136	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Iola Cemetery, Iola, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13523] http://findagrave.com, Headstone, Barnes, Leland L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22830919/leland-l_-barnes), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15004] World War II Honoree, Leland L. Barnes, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2049898) (Reliability: 2).