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Army and Navy dead among 152 aboard transport Barney Kirschbaum
The Department of the Army announced the return of 152 sets of remains from World War II. Among them are twelve service members from this area including Capt. Cline of Monrovia, killed in Germany on September 20, 1944, and awarded the Silver Star. Navy Pfc. Harry F. Fraley of Thurmont and other locally listed names are noted with next of kin. Crews of the transport were previously buried in temporary cemeteries in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Navy
Cline
Hild
Maryland
U. S. Army
Barney Kirschbaum
Department of the Army
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Enid
Irance
American Graves Registration Service
Pfe
Harry F. Fraley
Norma T. Frasley
Thurmont
Nuernberg
Knoxville
Harry M. Neuse
Carrie M. Nuse
16Th Infantry
B. & O. Railroad
Pic
Annan Shriner
Harry W. Shriner
115Th Infantry
Raymond W. Sweeney
Robert KR. Sweeney
West Fifth Street
Everedy Company
Leroy Burdette
Bertha Mae Burdette
Mount Airy
Michael S. Busch
Mary Thelma Busch
Mt Airy
Thomas L. Fleming
Thomas E. Fleming
Woodbine
Walter H. Frazier
Lillian Bolton
Travilah
Gaithersburg
Raymond L. Long
Daniel Long
Liberty Street
Westminster