Date of birth:

July 31st, 1896 (Fort Reno/Oklahoma, United States)

Date of death:

April 29th, 1956

Nationality:

American

Henry Anson Barber Jr. is the son of Major Henry Anson Barber Sr. (August 20th, 1859 - December 31st, 1915) and the father to Heny Anson Barber, III.

For his service during the First World War, Henry Anson Barber Jr. received the Distinguished Service Cross (1919), the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre with Palm.

During the Second World War he served as in different Staff positions.

Promotions:
?: 2nd Lieutenant;
?: 1st Lieutenant;
September 8th, 1918: Captain;
September 12th, 1939: Lieutenant Colonel;
February 1st, 1942: Colonel;
September 17th, 1943 - November 30th, 1945: temporary Brigadier General;
December 31st, 1949: Brigadier General.

Career:
June 1913 - August 1917: United States Military Academy, West Point;
?: 9th M.G. Battalion, 3rd Division;
May 1st, 1938 - July 30th, 1940: Military Attaché, Cuba;
July 31st, 1940 - April 1st, 1942: Chief Latin American Theater, Operations Division, War Department General Staff;
April 1st, 1942: Chief North American Theater, Operations Division, War Department General Staff;
May 10th, 1943 - November 10th, 1943: Assistant Commanding General 65th Infantry Division;
November 11th, 1943 - July 2nd, 1944: Assistant Commanding General 4th Infantry Division;
June 6th, 1944: Utah Beach Landing 2nd Wave, Normandy, France.
July 3rd, 1944: Office of the Secretary of War, War Department General Staff;
December 1944 - January 5th, 1945: Infantry Advanced Replacement Training Course, Replacement & School Command;
February 8th, 1945 - May 20th, 1945: Deputy Commander Chinese Combat Command;
May 1945 - November 8th, 1945: Chairman 9th District of War Department Manpower Board;
February 8th, 1946 - April 1st, 1947: Chief US Military Mission, Colombia;
April 1947 - February 8th, 1948: Ground Training & Liaison Officer, Carribbean Army Forces;
February 15th, 1948: Deputy to G-3, Headquarters Army Ground Forces;
December 31st, 1949: Retirement.

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

9th Machine-Gun Battalion, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1919

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 9th Machine-Gun Battalion, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Moulins, France, 14 & 15 July 1918. Seeing his right flank badly exposed to the enemy's advance across the Marne, Lieutenant Barber changed the position of two of his guns to meet his emergency, performing this task during terrific enemy fire. He then ran a distance of 150 yards in the open to stop the fire of our own infantry on our troops. Going forward to the aid of a wounded soldier, Lieutenant Barber administered first aid and was carrying the wounded man to safety, when the latter died. Picking up the one remaining undamaged gun, he opened fire on the enemy, who were crossing the river, sinking one boat, killing many, and causing the others to abandon their boats."

General Orders No. 37, War Department (1919).

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Brigadier General

Received for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during World War II.

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