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NAME Dwight Marvin Barney |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 263132 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston |
HOME OF RECORD 701½ Eldridge Court Flint, MI |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Barney |
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| DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1909 at Flint, MI |
ENTERED SERVICE January 3, 1938 at Chicago, IL |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 |
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| REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Sergeant Dwight Barney was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait. Barney’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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