- 1941: Pearl Harbor Casualty
- USS Arizona Memorial
- US Navy Seaman - World War II
- Posthumous Purple Heart Recipient
Yeoman 3rd Class Charles Edward Barnes was born 26 September 1922 in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, United States to Carter Barnes (1893-1952) and Ettie Iva Pulley (1906-1981) and died 7 December 1941 Raid on Pearl Harbor of unspecified causes.
Biography
Charles Edward Barnes was born Sept. 26, 1922, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Carter Barnes, a farmer, and Ettie (Pulley) Barnes, a homemaker.
Before 1930 the family moved to Senath, a town of about 1,300 in the southeast corner of Missouri. Charles graduated from the local high school in 1940 and enlisted in the Navy that October.
1941 Pearl Harbor Attack
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' formal entry into World War II.
This sailor was a casualty of the horrific explosion that day onboard the USS Arizona and is remembered at the USS Arizona Memorial.
He was a yeoman third class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Charles Edward was 19 years old.
American Legion Post 303 in Senath is named in honor of Mr. Barnes and two other local men killed on other ships at Pearl Harbor. The post also erected a memorial in their honor outside of City Hall and displays his photograph in the Legion building.
Mr. Barnes' father served as a private first class in Battery F of the 342nd Field Artillery in World War I.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charles Edward Barnes (1922-1941) | 26 September 1922 Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, United States | 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States | |
| Carmen Dean Barnes (1925-2005) | |||
Residences
See Also
- Charles Barnes
- Barnes Family
- Barnes in Oahu County, Hawaii
- USS Arizona Casualty List, Pearl-Harbor.com, https://www.pearl-harbor.com/uss-arizona-casualty-list/, retrieved 27 May 2024
- Charles Edward Barnes at Find A Grave - USS Arizona Memorial
- Special thanks to American Legion Post 303 and its commander, Alton Ivy. Other sources are The Dunklin (Missouri) Democrat; Census; Navy muster roll;
- U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans; U.S. Defense Department. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
- Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Ari (50022871)