THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945, FRONT PAGE
EVEREST BOY LOSES LIFE IN MANILA ACTION
Pvt. Malcolm Barnett, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Barnett of Everest, was killed in action in Manila February 20 according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department March 12.
Inducted into the army March 2, 1942, Pvt. Barnett was home for his only furlough in June, 1942. A year later he landed in Australia with an engineering division and since that time has seen action in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. His last letter home was dated February 17, three days before he was killed in Manila.
Pvt. Barnett was born January 19, 1919. Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Karl Bland and Mrs. Virgil Burns, Waterloo, Neb., Mrs. Thad Bangert, Omak, Wash., Mrs. H.L. Tyrer, Hiawatha, and Miss Luella Barnett who is employed at the Inland Mfg. Co. here. He is also survived by two brothers, Velma, route 1, Everest and Derrick of the home.
THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948, PAGE TEN
WAR DEAD RETURNED
The bodies of Pfc. Donald L. Binkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Binkley, 433 South Seventh, and of PVT. MALCOLM BARNETT, son of Daniel P. Barnett of Everest, were among 4,459 remains of men who lost their lives in the South Pacific during World War II, aboard the Army Transport Lieutenant George W.G. Boyce when it docked at San Francisco Sunday.
On the ship were the remains of 59 Kansans. From San Francisco they will be sent to the Kansas City army quartermaster depot and distributed from there to their home communities. The bodies were originally buried in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. The parents of the boys will be notified three days before the bodies are to be conveyed from Kansas City.
Born on a farm near Everest in January, 1919, Pvt. Barnett attended Wintergreen school in Brown county and farmed with his father several years before entering the army in March, 1941. He is survived by his parents and seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Birdie Tyrer, Hiawatha; Mrs. Annie Burns, Waterloo, Idaho; Velma Barnett, Everest; Mrs. Elma Bland, Blairtown, Mo.; Derrick Barnett of the home; Mrs. Gertrude Danbert, Amak, Wash., and Mrs. Luella Katz, Kansas City. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
EVEREST BOY LOSES LIFE IN MANILA ACTION
Pvt. Malcolm Barnett, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Barnett of Everest, was killed in action in Manila February 20 according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department March 12.
Inducted into the army March 2, 1942, Pvt. Barnett was home for his only furlough in June, 1942. A year later he landed in Australia with an engineering division and since that time has seen action in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. His last letter home was dated February 17, three days before he was killed in Manila.
Pvt. Barnett was born January 19, 1919. Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Karl Bland and Mrs. Virgil Burns, Waterloo, Neb., Mrs. Thad Bangert, Omak, Wash., Mrs. H.L. Tyrer, Hiawatha, and Miss Luella Barnett who is employed at the Inland Mfg. Co. here. He is also survived by two brothers, Velma, route 1, Everest and Derrick of the home.
THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948, PAGE TEN
WAR DEAD RETURNED
The bodies of Pfc. Donald L. Binkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Binkley, 433 South Seventh, and of PVT. MALCOLM BARNETT, son of Daniel P. Barnett of Everest, were among 4,459 remains of men who lost their lives in the South Pacific during World War II, aboard the Army Transport Lieutenant George W.G. Boyce when it docked at San Francisco Sunday.
On the ship were the remains of 59 Kansans. From San Francisco they will be sent to the Kansas City army quartermaster depot and distributed from there to their home communities. The bodies were originally buried in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. The parents of the boys will be notified three days before the bodies are to be conveyed from Kansas City.
Born on a farm near Everest in January, 1919, Pvt. Barnett attended Wintergreen school in Brown county and farmed with his father several years before entering the army in March, 1941. He is survived by his parents and seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Birdie Tyrer, Hiawatha; Mrs. Annie Burns, Waterloo, Idaho; Velma Barnett, Everest; Mrs. Elma Bland, Blairtown, Mo.; Derrick Barnett of the home; Mrs. Gertrude Danbert, Amak, Wash., and Mrs. Luella Katz, Kansas City. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945, FRONT PAGE
EVEREST BOY LOSES LIFE IN MANILA ACTION
Pvt. Malcolm Barnett, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Barnett of Everest, was killed in action in Manila February 20 according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department March 12.
Inducted into the army March 2, 1942, Pvt. Barnett was home for his only furlough in June, 1942. A year later he landed in Australia with an engineering division and since that time has seen action in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. His last letter home was dated February 17, three days before he was killed in Manila.
Pvt. Barnett was born January 19, 1919. Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Karl Bland and Mrs. Virgil Burns, Waterloo, Neb., Mrs. Thad Bangert, Omak, Wash., Mrs. H.L. Tyrer, Hiawatha, and Miss Luella Barnett who is employed at the Inland Mfg. Co. here. He is also survived by two brothers, Velma, route 1, Everest and Derrick of the home.
THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948, PAGE TEN
WAR DEAD RETURNED
The bodies of Pfc. Donald L. Binkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Binkley, 433 South Seventh, and of PVT. MALCOLM BARNETT, son of Daniel P. Barnett of Everest, were among 4,459 remains of men who lost their lives in the South Pacific during World War II, aboard the Army Transport Lieutenant George W.G. Boyce when it docked at San Francisco Sunday.
On the ship were the remains of 59 Kansans. From San Francisco they will be sent to the Kansas City army quartermaster depot and distributed from there to their home communities. The bodies were originally buried in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. The parents of the boys will be notified three days before the bodies are to be conveyed from Kansas City.
Born on a farm near Everest in January, 1919, Pvt. Barnett attended Wintergreen school in Brown county and farmed with his father several years before entering the army in March, 1941. He is survived by his parents and seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Birdie Tyrer, Hiawatha; Mrs. Annie Burns, Waterloo, Idaho; Velma Barnett, Everest; Mrs. Elma Bland, Blairtown, Mo.; Derrick Barnett of the home; Mrs. Gertrude Danbert, Amak, Wash., and Mrs. Luella Katz, Kansas City. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
EVEREST BOY LOSES LIFE IN MANILA ACTION
Pvt. Malcolm Barnett, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Barnett of Everest, was killed in action in Manila February 20 according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department March 12.
Inducted into the army March 2, 1942, Pvt. Barnett was home for his only furlough in June, 1942. A year later he landed in Australia with an engineering division and since that time has seen action in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. His last letter home was dated February 17, three days before he was killed in Manila.
Pvt. Barnett was born January 19, 1919. Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Karl Bland and Mrs. Virgil Burns, Waterloo, Neb., Mrs. Thad Bangert, Omak, Wash., Mrs. H.L. Tyrer, Hiawatha, and Miss Luella Barnett who is employed at the Inland Mfg. Co. here. He is also survived by two brothers, Velma, route 1, Everest and Derrick of the home.
THE ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, ATCHISON, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948, PAGE TEN
WAR DEAD RETURNED
The bodies of Pfc. Donald L. Binkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Binkley, 433 South Seventh, and of PVT. MALCOLM BARNETT, son of Daniel P. Barnett of Everest, were among 4,459 remains of men who lost their lives in the South Pacific during World War II, aboard the Army Transport Lieutenant George W.G. Boyce when it docked at San Francisco Sunday.
On the ship were the remains of 59 Kansans. From San Francisco they will be sent to the Kansas City army quartermaster depot and distributed from there to their home communities. The bodies were originally buried in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. The parents of the boys will be notified three days before the bodies are to be conveyed from Kansas City.
Born on a farm near Everest in January, 1919, Pvt. Barnett attended Wintergreen school in Brown county and farmed with his father several years before entering the army in March, 1941. He is survived by his parents and seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Birdie Tyrer, Hiawatha; Mrs. Annie Burns, Waterloo, Idaho; Velma Barnett, Everest; Mrs. Elma Bland, Blairtown, Mo.; Derrick Barnett of the home; Mrs. Gertrude Danbert, Amak, Wash., and Mrs. Luella Katz, Kansas City. (article amended to include mention of this soldier only)
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