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 Pam Shurtleff  pamalou17{at}netzero.net   G-Grandniece

See  casualty list                                             <click here>

Ben's Headstone                                             <click here>

Ben Barker - Forestburg, Montague County, Texas

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 33^rd Company, 165^th Depot Brigade

Army Serial Number:

Inducted:

Army Discharge: Eternal Watch

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

    Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

   Address: Montague County  3 J-PCT  (1910)

Fathers Name: George Washington Barker

  (b. Feb. 14, 1857 Arkansas) (d. Nov. 2, 1930 Forestburg, Texas)

Mothers Name: Mary F. Sherman

   (b. 1858  Arkansas) (d. 1946 Forestburg, Texas)

Brother: Robert Hardin Barker

Sisters: Savanna, Julia, Alabama, Eliza, Elizabeth, & Gracie Barker

Civilian Occupation:

Born: Nov. 4, 1895 Forestburg, Montague Co., Texas (Headstone)

          Nov. 3, 1896 Forestburg, Montague Co., Texas (Draft Reg.)

          Jan. 1894 Forestburg, Montague Co., Texas (1900 census)

Died: Feb. 5, 1918 at sea, coast of Islay, Scotland

Buried at the Mull of Oa, Islay Feb. 8, 1918

Body exhumed and relocated to America: 1920 or thereafter

Cemetery: Hardy Cemetery, Montague County, Texas

Plot: unknown

Ben Barker, was the first soldier killed, from Montague Co., Texas during WW1. I do have a picture of Ben, possibly from high school. I was able to track down Ben's gravesite and headstone, but no other info on him.

Your site is very interesting, I have looked at several pages, but not all of it yet. What else I find interesting, is about Harry S. Truman, as I was living in WA during the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

Pam Shurtleff

May 14, 2007