Name:
Robert J. Barney
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
Unit:
1330th Army Air Force Base Unit
Date of Death:
1945-07-01
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Hawaii
Plot:
B
Row:
Grave:
1093
Decoration:
Comments:
Robert J. Barney was born on October 9, 1918. He served in the 1330th Base Unit as a Flight Officer and Co-pilot of an aircraft during World War II. Robert died on July 1, 1945 at the age of 26 and is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.