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- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "Gusher Sergeant Reported Missing Over Germany," 18 Jan 1945, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
- [S81] Headstones - FindAGrave, accessed; 15 September 2016; Valden A. Barnson (Reliability: 2).
Birth - 27 March 1923 - Price, Carbon, Utah
Death - 17 December 1944, Germany (died in WWII)
Buried - Roosevelt Memorial Park, Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah
Parents:
Christian Barnson (1887 - 1971)
Inez Blanch Morrell McCarrell (1889 - 1961)
Siblings:
LaMar Christian Barnson (1909 - 1974)
Wilda Barnson Stevens (1911 - 1936)
Vera Barnson Wakefield (1916 - 1999)
source - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9304966
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "Gusher Sergeant Reported Missing," 18 Jan 1945, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "Gusher Sergeant Reported Missing Over Germany," 18 Jan 1945, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
Gusher (Special) S Sgt Varden [Valden] A Barnson 22 an air corps radio operator on a B24 is reported missing over German territory since December 17th according to word received last week by his mother Mrs Bert Haynes of Gusher. Entering service in the latter part of January 1943 he reeived his basic training at Tyndall Field Florida. He completed his training at Mountain Home Ida. He embarked from the East Coast in August following a ten day furlough. He was first in India and later sent to Italy where he was based until he was reported missing. Born at Price on March 27 1922 Sgt Barnson was a graduate of the Roosevelt High School.
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "War Dept. Announces Army Casualty Lists; Uintah County Has 30 Dead; Utah Loses 1450," 27 Jun 1946, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "Bodies of 71 Utah, Idaho War Dead Returned," 17 Nov 1948, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "Obituary - S. Sgt. Valden A. Barnson," 3 Dec 1948, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
- [S8] Newspapers - Utah, Uintah, Vernal - Vernal Express - OLD, "S. Sgt. Valden A. Barnson - Obituary," 3 Dec 1948, online archives. (Reliability: 3).
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