|
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 |
Ben Barker - Forestburg, Montague
County, Texas
Army Rank:
Private (1918).
Assigned Unit:
Camp Travis Detachment #1
23rd MP Bn, 165th Depot Brigade 28th
Co. 10/8/1917 to
7th Tng. Bn, 165th Depot Brigade, 33rd
Company to death
Army Serial Number:
Inducted:
Oct. 8, 1917 Bowie, Montague Co., Texas
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)
Address: Forestburg, Texas (1917)
Features: Medium height, Stout build, Grey eyes, Brown
Hair
Note: WWI Service Card – Texas Military Forces Museum
(2008)
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)
Brothers:
Robert Hardin Barker
Sisters:
Savanna, Alabama, Eliza, and Gracie Barker
Civilian Occupation:
Born:
Nov. 4, 1895 (Tombstone)
Nov. 1895
Hardy, Montague Co., Texas (Military Record)
Nov. 3, 1896 Forestburg, Texas (1917 Draft Registration)
Jan. 1894 Texas (1900 census)
Died:
Feb. 5, 1918 at sea, coast of Islay, Scotland
Killed in Action - Tuscania sunk by u-boat.
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 |
