Biography

Barnett, James Clinton b. November 10, 1908, Trafalgar, Indiana; Attended Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana for 1 year; Prior service as a NCO in the US Marine Corps, medical discharge in 1935; Newspaperman, Printer and Seaman; CP May 1937 or no party affiliation; Received Passport# 408991 on May 10, 1937 which listed his address as 1524 West 28th Street, Indianapolis; Indiana; Sailed May 12, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain on June 2, 1937; Served with the Artillery, 11th Regiment, 2nd Group, 14th Battery (John Brown Battery), 155mm Guns; Returned to the US on February 4, 1939 aboard the President Harding; WWII worked in defense plants; d. April 29, 1980, Cincinnati, Indiana, buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

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Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; RGASPI; L-W Tree Ancestry, Find-a-Grave# 7888872. Code A