{"id":161,"date":"2012-04-08T01:16:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T05:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-04-08T01:16:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T05:16:26","slug":"veteran-barnhill-willie-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/veteran-barnhill-willie-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran: Barnhill, Willie James"},"content":{"rendered":"

This information is contributed by\u00a0<\/span>Bill Barnhill<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Willie James Barnhill
\nSon of: Willie Don and Ella Lee Wallace Barnhill<\/strong>
\nResidence: Atkinson, Pender Co., NC<\/p>\n

Military Service:
\nAccepted for enlistment at Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
\nEnlisted in service in Raleigh, NC for a period of four years 9\/9\/1941
\nUS Navy Service # 656 06 59
\nEntered the service at Norfolk Naval Center, Norfolk, Virginia 9\/9\/1941
\nServed on Battleship, USS North Carolina – The “Showboat”
\nDischarged honorably 10\/19\/1942 to enlist in regular Navy for 6 years
\nPromoted to Seaman 1st Class 10\/01\/1942
\nPromoted to COX, 3\/1\/1944
\nPromoted to BM2C(T), 9\/1\/1945
\nDischarged 10\/19\/1948 Washington, DC (Net Service 7 yrs, 1 mo., 11 days)
\nReenlisted 10\/20\/1948 for four years
\nEnlistment involuntarily extended for a period of (9) mos. to expire on Jul 19, 1953
\nHonorably discharged Jul 19, 1953 with 11 years, 10 months, 11 days of service
\n(Home address at time of discharge: 1541 York Ave, New York, NY)<\/p>\n

Medals\/Ribbons Awarded
\nGood Conduct Medal (Navy w\/1 Bronze Star) 9\/8\/1944
\nWorld War II Victory Medal 11\/7\/1947
\nAmerican Defense Service Medal 8\/18\/1948
\nAmerican Campaign Medal 8\/18\/1948
\nAsiatic Pacific Campaign Medal w\/Silver Stars 8\/18\/1948
\nHonorable Service Lapel Pin (Ruptured Duck) 9\/8\/1947
\nPhilippine Ribbon (Liberation w\/1 Bronze Star)
\nPresidential Unit Citation (Philippine)<\/p>\n

He was in Tokyo Bay aboard the “USS North Carolina” for the surrender of the Japanese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This information is contributed by\u00a0Bill Barnhill. Willie James Barnhill Son of: Willie Don and Ella Lee Wallace Barnhill Residence: Atkinson, Pender Co., NC Military Service: Accepted for enlistment at Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC Enlisted in service in Raleigh, NC for a period of four years 9\/9\/1941 US Navy Service # 656 06 59 Entered … Continue reading “Veteran: Barnhill, Willie James”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4529],"tags":[12204],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","tag-barnhill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pender\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}