William J. Barbour

Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/12/1944

William J. Barbour was born in Connecticut in 1919. He was drafted into the Army
on February 27, 1941 at Albany, New York. His home of residence was listed as Albany, Albany County,
New York, and his civilian occupation was listed as Financial Institution Clerks. He had completed
one year of High School and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Technician 5th Grade Barbour was killed in action in France, during the attack toward the Quineville Ridge,
on June 12, 1944.

Notice of the death of William J. Barbour in the newspaper (highlighted in color, bottom left of image)

From the Albany Times-Union Friday September 22, 1944 courtesy of Julien Woestyn

William J. Barbour was originally buried in the temporary military cemetery at Sainte Mere Eglise
Cemetery #1 at Carentan, France in Block B Row 9 Grave 176. His remains were later
reinterred in the permanent cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in the 1947-1949 time frame,
when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot F Row 24 Grave 30

Grave marker for William J. Barbour

Photo by Frogman
from the
Find A Grave website

Top photo of William J. Barbour from the Albany Times-Union Thursday August 3, 1944 courtesy of Julien Woestyn

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