Joseph A. Barron
Rank: Shipfitter Second Class (SF2C), U.S. Navy
Serial: 06517749
Unit: USS Franklin CV-13
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Memorialized at: Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
USS Franklin CV-13 on fire after being struck by a Japanese bomber on March 19, 1945. Joseph Barron was among the crew members lost that day.
Joseph A. Barron was born September 29, 1919, in Pennsylvania. He later moved to Brooklawn, New Jersey, and then to 900 Hudson Street, Gloucester City, New Jersey. Before the war he worked at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden. He was also a well-known baseball player in the Camden County area, playing second base and batting .377 for the Audubon team in the 1942 Camden County Baseball League season.
Shipfitter Second Class Joseph A. Barron was serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) when the ship was struck by a Japanese bomber on March 19, 1945, off the coast of Japan. He was killed in the attack. His father, Harry Barron, had died just weeks earlier, on February 13, 1945. Joseph was survived by his mother, Marie Barron, and seven siblings.
Joseph A. Barron is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.
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Joseph A. Barron was a standout baseball player in the Camden County Baseball League, batting .377 for the Audubon team in 1942.
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, where Joseph A. Barron is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing.