William Eugene Barrineau

Rate / Rank
Colonel

Birthdate
March 27 1922

Date of Death
October 13 1994

Branch
USMC

Active Duty Service
April 11 1942 -

Conflicts & Campaigns

Okinawa; Korea; Vietnam.

Significant Duty Stations

2nd Battlion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division (Okinawa); 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division (Vietnam)
Commanding Officer, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii; Marine Barracks, 8th & I Streets, Washington, DC.

Decorations & Citations

Presidential Unit Citation; American Campaign Service Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal (Japan); Korean Service Medal with one battle star; United Nations Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Presidential Unit Citation (RKO) Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Notes

Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1940. Played football at Cairo High School. Team captain in 1939. Received a football scholarship at Auburn University. Served as Grady County's first Administrator 1980 - 1986. Brother of 1st LT Charles Edward Barrineau US Army and Sergeant Robert Lee Barrineau US Army. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.