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Joseph Barnes graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1901. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    1st Army Corps, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 89 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Field Artillery) Joseph Fauntleroy Barnes, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Corps Adjutant of the 2d Army Corps, Colonel Barnes, by his able management and complete knowledge of all details of the Adjutant General’s Department, established and operated with remarkable success the numerous branches of the Adjutant General’s Office. Later as Adjutant General, First Army, he organized with rare initiative and administered with marked ability the operations of his important office, rendering services of inestimable value.