Barker, Edward Fagan, 2nd Lt

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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1944-1944, AAF MOS 1055, Far East Air Forces
Service Years
1942 - 1944
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Home State
California
California
 Year of Birth
1923
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Barker, Edward Fagan, 2nd Lt.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Herkimer, New York		 Last Address
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea
Date of Passing
Sep 30, 1944		  
Location of Interment
Calvary Cemetery - Herkimer, New York

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In the Line of DutyAir Force Memorial (AFM)
  1944, In the Line of Duty
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 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

He was assigned to the 1st Composite Fighter Squadron, Combat Replacement Training Center, 5th AF. He disappeared while on a training mission Sep 30, 1944. 
His crash site was investigated in 1962 and 2002 without any human remains being found. Finally in 2012, remains were found and in Jan 2015 were identified as being his. They were returned to Herkimer and buried Aug 1, 2015.
   
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Sources:
Enlistment record
http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2015/07/wwii_pilots_remains_arrive_in_upstate_ny_for_burial_in_his_hometown.html
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-47/42-23241.html


 
   
  1944-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 5th Air Force

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New Guinea
   
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Hubner, Robert L., 1st Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 First Lieutenant
Longman, Louis Lawrence, 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 First Lieutenant
Wurtz, Harold Francis, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1055 First Lieutenant
Chilstrom, Kenneth Oscar, Col, (1939-1964) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Second Lieutenant
Grandmaison, Gerald, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Second Lieutenant
Luddington, Jack Farley, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Second Lieutenant
Prentice, Robert Arthur, 1st Lt, (1943-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1024 [Other Service Rank]
Smith, Frederic Harrison, Gen, (1929-1962) A23 AAF MOS 1065 Colonel
Gunn, Paul Irwin, Col, (1917-1946) A23 AAF MOS 1051 Lieutenant Colonel
Bong, Richard Ira, Maj, (1940-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1056 Major
Loisel, John Simon, Col, (1941-1970) A23 AAF MOS 1051 Major
McGuire, Thomas Buchanan, Maj, (1941-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1056 Major
Smart Jr., Franklin Pierce, Maj, (1940-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1051 Major
Basbas, Monte, Capt, (1942-1948) A23 AAF MOS 1051 Captain
Chalifoux, Wallace William, 1st Lt, (1943-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1081 First Lieutenant
Chapman, James Theodore, 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1092 First Lieutenant
Huhn, Robert Herman, 1st Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1081 First Lieutenant
Neely Jr., Austin Kline, 1st Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1056 First Lieutenant
Ostrander, Philip G., Capt, (1942-1966) A23 AAF MOS 1021 First Lieutenant
Reeves, Lawrence O., 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1056 First Lieutenant
Terpning, John Eugene, 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1024 First Lieutenant
Yarbrough, Lewis McKinley, 1st Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1056 First Lieutenant
Bidgood, Robert Bruce, 2nd Lt, (1940-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1024 Second Lieutenant
Bird, Vernal John, 2nd Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1051 Second Lieutenant
Drewelow, Raymond Joseph, 2nd Lt, (1941-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1024 Second Lieutenant
Eastman, Arthur F., 2nd Lt, (1942-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1056 Second Lieutenant
Mikucky, Walter Henry, 2nd Lt, (1943-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1056 Second Lieutenant
Pollard, Valorie Llewelyn, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1024 Second Lieutenant
Rogers, Frederick Charles, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1081 Second Lieutenant
Rosenthal, Jerome, 2nd Lt, (1943-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1054 Second Lieutenant
Bushnell, Joseph H., MSgt, (1944-1964) A07 AAF MOS 611 [Other Service Rank]
Bauer, August Frederick, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1034 First Lieutenant
Couk, Raymond, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Ellison, George Robert, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Nelson, James Henry, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1034 Second Lieutenant
Stillwell, Wayne, CMSgt, (1940-1969) A02 AAF MOS 502 First Sergeant
Barnett, Lynn Virgil, TSgt, (1940-1945) A07 AAF MOS 2750 Technical Sergeant
Hopper, Floyd Lural, TSgt, (1942-1945) A07 AAF MOS 757 Technical Sergeant
Maynard, James Grady, TSgt, (1942-1945) A07 AAF MOS 737 Technical Sergeant
Music, Michael, TSgt, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Technical Sergeant
Agin, Thomas, SSgt, (1942-1949) A07 AAF MOS 611 Staff Sergeant
Morgan, Thomas, T4G, (1942-1945) A25 AAF MOS 177 Staff Sergeant
Elhai, Salvatore Joshua, SSgt, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Staff Sergeant
May, Marion Bert, SSgt, (1941-1944) A07 AAF MOS 737 Staff Sergeant
Morrow, Nelson, SSgt A07 AAF MOS 611 Staff Sergeant
Weisen, James, SSgt, (1942-1945) A07 AAF MOS 940 Staff Sergeant
Brooks, Robert J., T4G, (1943-1946) A07 AAF MOS 748 Technician 4th Grade
Hill, Robert, SSgt, (1942-1946) A12 AAF MOS 543 Technician 4th Grade
Ammann, Philip, Sgt, (1942-1945) A01 AAF MOS 747 Sergeant
Borofsky, Marshall P, Sgt, (1940-1944) A07 AAF MOS 757 Sergeant
Brooks, Robert J., T4G, (1943-1946) A07 AAF MOS 748 Sergeant
Chapman, Elma Clinton, Sgt, (1942-1944) A01 AAF MOS 747 Sergeant
Scaccia, Anthony George, Sgt, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Sergeant
Smith, Gilbert Franklin, Sgt, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Sergeant
Jacobs, Robert, Cpl, (1942-1945) A01 AAF MOS 511 Corporal
McCrea, Roscoe, Cpl, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Corporal
Thompson, Theo, Cpl, (1942-1946) A01 AAF MOS 747 Corporal

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