Akron Register-Tribune
August 8, 1918

PRIVATE CARL BARR IS KILLED IN ACTION
ANOTHER AKRON YOUNG MAN MAKES SUPREME SACRIFICE ON FIELDS OF FRANCE
Meets Heroic Death July 26th, Fighting With Famous 168th Infantry, Rainbow
Division, Against Prussian Guards at Second Battle of Marne.

In a telegram received Tuesday morning from the War Department at Washington
D.C., Mrs. Sylvester Port, of this city, received the sad news that her son,
Private Carl H. Barr, had been killed in action with the American forces in
France on July 26, 1918. No further details were given. Thus, for the
second time this year, the people of this community unite in profound
sympathy with a family of a gallant soldier boy who willingly gave his life
in the glorious cause of liberty and world democracy.

The date of his death, July 26, indicates he was engaged with his command in
what is known as the Second Battle of Marne, which resulted in pushing the
Huns back beyond the Vesle river, wherein the American soldiers demonstrated
to the world their magnificent fighting qualities—particularly the men of
the famous “fighting 168th” of the Rainbow division, of which Private Carl
H. Barr was a member.

Carl H. Barr was the eldest son of Mrs. Sylvester Port. He was born in
Akron, Iowa, August 8, 1895, and died at the age of 22 years, 11 months and
17 days. Besides his mother, he is survived by two sisters and two
brothers. His father, Marion Barr, died here a number of years ago. Carl
was an upright and industrious young man, and when the call came for
volunteers in Co. K, Second Iowa Infantry, on March 29, 1917, he was one of
our first boys to go to LeMars and enlist. Along with Albert Hoschler, the
first Akron boy to make the supreme sacrifice in France on March 5th they
year, Carl and several others young men here passed the examination and
enlisted in Co. K at LeMars on April 9, 1917. There were in training there
at Camp Faber until the camp was abandoned and the soldiers transferred to
other departments. Privates Barr and Hoschler were among the men sent to Des
Moines on August 30, 1917, and assigned to the Third Iowa Infantry. They
were soon sent to Camp Mills, Hempstead, N.Y., where the Third Iowa was
merged with the 168th, United States Infantry, 84th Brigade, 42nd Division,
which became known as the Rainbow Division, being the first contingent of
our National Army to go to France for active war service. They landed in
France early in November 1917. Since that time the Rainbow Division has made
a name for itself in the Great War that will endure for all time. Akron is
playing a part in the Great War drama by contributing to the roll of honor
with two heroic young men—Albert E. Hoschler and Carl H. Barr—whose memories
will ever be kept green and honored in the years to come.

Appropriate memorial services for this young man who gave his life for his
country will be conducted by Rev. L. M. Dorreen in the Akron M.E. church on
Sunday, August 11, at 2:30 p.m. Private Barr is represented on the service
flag of the M.E. Sunday School.