page_title: John L. Barkley
hierarchical_section_title: John L. Barkley
caption_attribution_description: English: WWI Medal of Honor recipient John L. Barkley. He wears the Medal of Honor, the French Médaille militaire, the Montenegrin Medal for Military Bravery and the French Croix de guerre with palm in the top row. The medal to the very right in the second row (with striped ribbon) is the Missouri World War I Commemorative Medal.
context_page_description: John Lewis Barkley was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient of World War I. Born in Blairstown, Missouri, near Holden, Barkley served as a Private First Class in Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He earned the medal while fighting near Cunel, France, on October 7, 1918. His autobiography, "Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero," details his service leading up to and following his Medal of Honor action. The book draws comparisons as the American literary response to "All Quiet on the Western Front." Barkley died in 1966, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
context_section_description: John Lewis Barkley (August 28, 1895 – April 14, 1966) was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient of World War I. Born in Blairstown, Missouri, near Holden, Barkley served as a Private First Class in Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He earned the medal while fighting near Cunel, France, on October 7, 1918. His autobiography, "Scarlet Fields:  The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero," details his service leading up to and following his Medal of Honor action.  The book draws comparisons as the American literary response to "All Quiet on the Western Front."  Barkley died in 1966, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
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