Education
He graduated from Parsons High School. And following graduation worked for four years before enlisting in the United States. Marine Corps on January 13, 1942.
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Woodrow Barr
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He was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, August 7, 1942 — and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity in action" during the action at Tulagi. Woodrow Barr was born on June 8, 1918 in Keyser, West Virginia. He completed his recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina, followed by training at Quantico.
He was deployed to the Pacific Theatre as a part of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.
Barr was one of 45 Marines who were killed in action during the United States. recapture of Tulagi from the Japanese on August 7, 1942. The United States Ship Barr (APD-39), a United States Navy Buckley-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1944, was named for Woodrow Wilson Barrister
In 2012, legislation introduced to the West Virginia House of Delegates by Representative Gary Howell of Mineral County, named a bridge on United States Route 50 in Burlington in honor of Barrister
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United States
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Purple Heart; Silver Star Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.