Pvt Ruby Clair Barnes, Co M, 143rd Infantry Regt, US Army.
Born on 1 July 1890 at Ladoga, Montgomery Cty, Ruby was a farmer by trade who entered service at Crawfordsville on 28 May 1918. Trained at Camp Taylor and Camp Beauregard, he sailed for France on 6 August 1918, shortly afterwards contracting pneumonia. He died of this on 4 September whilst in US Hospital Nr 14 and was buried in Cemetery Number 32, 3rd Aviation Instruction Centre, Issoudun, France, but his body was repatriated post-war.
4 September 1918
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
