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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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Prisoner of War Medal - 1942
Name of Award Prisoner of War Medal
Year Awarded 1942
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2019
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Details Behind Award
Awarded for actions during the World War II
Watertender Second Class Carl Ellis Barnes (NSN: 3757863), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War. He was executed by his captors at Palawan on 14 December 1944.
General Orders: NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947
