Last
Name:
Barker |
First
Name Middle Initial:
Edsel R. |
Nick
Name:
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Street:
Landmark Gallery
207 South Main Street |
City
& State: Somerset, Kentucky |
E-Mail: |
| Zip:
42501 |
Phone: (606) 676-0929 |
Spouse:
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| Conflict:
WWII |
Service
Branch: U.S. Air Force |
Unit:
416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group; 15th Air Force |
Theater:
European -Northern Italy
Southern Germany, Austria |
Where
Captured: Central Yugoslavia |
Date
Captured: April 2, 1944 |
|
Camps
Held In: Barracks 31A, Stalag XVII-B in Krems, Austria |
How
Long Interned: Thirteen Months |
|
Liberated
/ repatriated: liberated |
Date
Liberated: May 2, 1945 |
Age
at Capture: |
| Medals
Received: Air Medal w/Oak Leaf, Purple Heart, European Theatre, Good
Conduct |
|
Military
Job: B-17 Flying Fortress - Aerial Gunner/Armorer |
Company:
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Occupation after War:
Xavier University 1946 - 1951
Chemist: 1950 -1957
Engineering Writer 1957 - 1983
Artist (Bricolage) 1985 - Present |
