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Portrait of Harry Barker of Company L, 3rd Battalion, US 9th Marine Regiment while on Guadalcanal, 1943

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Caption     Portrait of Harry Barker of Company L, 3rd Battalion, US 9th Marine Regiment while on Guadalcanal, 1943 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories
Date  1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Harry B. Barker Collection
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 987 x 1,107 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
20 Jun 2015 07:18:42 PM

Harry L. Barker was killed in action on Guam on 21 Jul 1944; he would be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross medal.

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