Gentry Barnes (1921 - 1969)

Born 23 Apr 1921 in Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ollie Carmen (Fontenette) Barnes — married 10 Oct 1945 in Indiana, United States

Died 11 Sep 1969 at age 48 in Porter, Indiana, United States

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Biography

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Gentry Barnes served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

Gentry Barnes, son of Harry and Daisy Barnes, was born in 1921 in Illinois. .^[1]

Gentry married Ollie Fontenette in Indiana in 1945.^[2] In 1950 they were living with her widowed mother in Gary, Indiana where he was working as a census taker and Ollie was working as a grade school teacher.

Gentry died in 1969 in Indiana from injuries received in an accident at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, where he was a master mechanic. ^[3] According to his death certificate he was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park in Hobart, Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 79 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #53309984 (accessed 28 November 2021)
   Name: Gentry Eugene Barnes; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 20; Birth Date: 23 Apr 1921; Birth Place: Lawrence, Illinois, USA; Residence Place: Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, USA; Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942; Registration Place: Illinois, USA; Employer: Stanley Gill; Height: 5 9; Weight: 161; Complexion: Black; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Daisy Barnes.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001"
   Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; Page: 111
   Ancestry Record 60282 #6142363 (accessed 11 November 2022)
   Gentry E Barnes marriage to Ollie C Fontenette on 10 Oct 1945 in Indiana, United States.
3. ↑ "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011"
   Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1969; Roll: 13
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60716 #993057 (accessed 28 November 2021)
   Gentry Eugene Barnes death 11 Jul 1969 (age 48) in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA.

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