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Barnes, Carl Ellis, WT2c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Bakersfield, CA
Last Address Route 7, Box 161 Bakersfield, CA (Parents~Claude Ellis & Annette Marie Barnes)
Casualty Date Dec 14, 1944
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Intentional Homicide
Location Philippines
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (VA) - St. Louis, Missouri
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 85, Site 14-66
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Purple Heart - 1944
Name of Award Purple Heart
Year Awarded 1944
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2013
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Details Behind Award
Carl Barnes was among the (at least) 139 American Prisoners of War executed by their Japanese captors at Puerta Princessa on the Island of Palawan, on December 14, 1944. That incident has come to be known as the "Palawan Massacre."
