Wilson Brundage Barker Jr.was the son of Wilson Brundage Barker Sr. and Glennie Irene Pence. He married Alice Mozelle Holley in January 1944.

He was born in Johnson City, but enlisted when he was at the University of Tennessee. He married after that in Alabama, before going overseas. His parents are both buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Johnson City.

He is buried at the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold (Moselle), France, J, 45, 31.

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Date of birth:
  • 29 July 1922
  • Date of death: 14 November 1944
  • County: Knox
  • Hometown: Knoxville
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Division/Assignment: 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
  • Theater: Europe
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Awards: Purple Heart
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold (Moselle), France
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Top Panel
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