Virgil J. W. Barkhurst was born Dec. 14, 1925 to Granville A. and Louise H. Jorgensen Barkhurst. He died Dec. 15, 1975 and is buried in Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, IA.
Petty Officer Barkhurst served with the U.S. Navy in World War II aboard the SS Mormacport and USS Vesuvius (AEW-15).
Sources: ancestry.com
