WT2 Barnes served on Yangtze River Gunboats in China He first served on the USS Oahu until July of 1941 and then was transferred to the USS Wake. With Tensions Rising with Japan The navy ordered on 28 November 1941, Him most of the crew transferred to gunboats and ordered to sail to the Philippines. He was transferred back to the USS Oahu. Following a long and perilous voyage across the South China Sea, the gunboat, never designed for open sea operations, arrived at Manila Bay in the week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. When war began, the warship operated in and around Manila Bay and Cavite Navy Yard on inshore patrol and in support of U.S.-Filipino forces on Bataan until after the fall of that peninsula 8 April 1942, and then continued to operate about the island fortress of Corregidor until sunk by enemy gunfire 5 May.

Name of Award
Prison of War Medal

Year Awarded
1944

Details behind Award:
Awarded for actions during the World War II

Watertender Second Class Carl Ellis Barnes (NSN: 3757863), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War. He was executed by his captors at Palawan on 14 December 1944.

General Orders: NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947
Action Date: May 6, 1942 - December 14, 1944
Service: Navy
Rank: Water Tender 2nd Class
Division: Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

Barnes, Carl Ellis, WT2c