World War II Honoree

St. Julien Mazyck Barnwell, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Sumter, South Carolina

Honored By

Dianne Barnwell Moffett, Charles J. Whaley, Tamara D. Rush & Sheran L. Caddell

Relationship

Children

HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL DURING WWII, SERVING IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC FLEET. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE DESTROYER USS STRONG DD-469, WHICH HAD SIX MAJOR BATTLES, THE LAST ON JULY 4, 1943, IN WHICH IT SANK. HE WAS LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, AFTER RECOVERING, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS TINGEY DD-539. WOUNDED SERIOUSLY AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 1944, HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AND WAS MEDICALLY DISCHARGED.