James Melvin Barnhart
Private First Class Army Air Corps World War II
- Branch of Service
- Army Air Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Unit
- 1644th Ordnance Supply Maintenance Company
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1941 – 1945
- Date of Birth
- 11/13/1914
- Date of Death
- 06/21/1970
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Army Good Conduct Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 Bronze Battle Star; Marksmanship Badge (rifle)
- Burial Location
- Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- Northern France
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
- Church
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- School
- Marysville High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
Overseas service: Northern France. Church: Trinity Lutheran Church. School: Marysville High School. Serial #35034919; enlisted 07/24/1941 at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio; 1 year, 9 months, 25 days of foreign service; military specialty - guard patrolman; honorable discharge by authority of Certificate of Disability for Discharge from Station Hospital, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania, on 10/26/1945 (no wounds received in action) returned picture 11-19-09/ec 9-9-2011 DD-214 removed (privacy law) by E. Carmany
Source: Veteran data form, Honorable Discharge, and photograph provided by Viola Hill; Doris Barnhart; Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 347; National Achives; | U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Ohio Deaths database; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 06/22/1970