USMA Class of 1925. Cullum No. 7626.
He was the son of Charles H. Barth Sr. and Harriet Bittman Barth.
On June 18, 1925, he married Doris Speer at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey.
She was the daughter of Edward M. Speer.
They had no children.
Brigadier General Barth was a member of the USMA Class of 1925. In 1926, he enrolled at Cornell University where he earned a degree in Engineering. After graduation he studied the subject at the Company Officers' School at Fort Humphreys. In 1928 he became an instructor in the Department of Civil and Military Engineering at West Point. After five years he taught Chemistry and Electricity. After six years at the Academy he was assigned to the 3rd Engineers, serving at Adjutant. In 1936 he was assigned to the Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois where he was Military Assistant to the District Engineer for three years. He attended the Command and General Staff School in his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas from 1939 to 1940. Afterwards he arrived in Panama as the Assistant Engineer of Maintenance. He was assigned to the project of building the third set of locks. He was promoted to Supervising Engineer and became the Director of Civilian Defense of the Panama Canal. When he arrived in the Middle East he was noticed by Lieut. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, who made him his Assistant Chief of Staff in the Middle East. When General Andrews was assigned to London, he became the Chief of Staff for American Forces in the European Theatre of Operations at the age of 39 years. He was one of fourteen fatalities on a B24D Liberator of the 8th Air Force from the Royal Air Force base in Bovington, England, which attempted to land at Kaldadarnes, Iceland. After aborting the landing the Liberator crashed on Mount Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, which was presented posthumously.
He was the son of Charles H. Barth Sr. and Harriet Bittman Barth.
On June 18, 1925, he married Doris Speer at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey.
She was the daughter of Edward M. Speer.
They had no children.
Brigadier General Barth was a member of the USMA Class of 1925. In 1926, he enrolled at Cornell University where he earned a degree in Engineering. After graduation he studied the subject at the Company Officers' School at Fort Humphreys. In 1928 he became an instructor in the Department of Civil and Military Engineering at West Point. After five years he taught Chemistry and Electricity. After six years at the Academy he was assigned to the 3rd Engineers, serving at Adjutant. In 1936 he was assigned to the Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois where he was Military Assistant to the District Engineer for three years. He attended the Command and General Staff School in his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas from 1939 to 1940. Afterwards he arrived in Panama as the Assistant Engineer of Maintenance. He was assigned to the project of building the third set of locks. He was promoted to Supervising Engineer and became the Director of Civilian Defense of the Panama Canal. When he arrived in the Middle East he was noticed by Lieut. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, who made him his Assistant Chief of Staff in the Middle East. When General Andrews was assigned to London, he became the Chief of Staff for American Forces in the European Theatre of Operations at the age of 39 years. He was one of fourteen fatalities on a B24D Liberator of the 8th Air Force from the Royal Air Force base in Bovington, England, which attempted to land at Kaldadarnes, Iceland. After aborting the landing the Liberator crashed on Mount Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, which was presented posthumously.
USMA Class of 1925. Cullum No. 7626.
He was the son of Charles H. Barth Sr. and Harriet Bittman Barth.
On June 18, 1925, he married Doris Speer at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey.
She was the daughter of Edward M. Speer.
They had no children.
Brigadier General Barth was a member of the USMA Class of 1925. In 1926, he enrolled at Cornell University where he earned a degree in Engineering. After graduation he studied the subject at the Company Officers' School at Fort Humphreys. In 1928 he became an instructor in the Department of Civil and Military Engineering at West Point. After five years he taught Chemistry and Electricity. After six years at the Academy he was assigned to the 3rd Engineers, serving at Adjutant. In 1936 he was assigned to the Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois where he was Military Assistant to the District Engineer for three years. He attended the Command and General Staff School in his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas from 1939 to 1940. Afterwards he arrived in Panama as the Assistant Engineer of Maintenance. He was assigned to the project of building the third set of locks. He was promoted to Supervising Engineer and became the Director of Civilian Defense of the Panama Canal. When he arrived in the Middle East he was noticed by Lieut. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, who made him his Assistant Chief of Staff in the Middle East. When General Andrews was assigned to London, he became the Chief of Staff for American Forces in the European Theatre of Operations at the age of 39 years. He was one of fourteen fatalities on a B24D Liberator of the 8th Air Force from the Royal Air Force base in Bovington, England, which attempted to land at Kaldadarnes, Iceland. After aborting the landing the Liberator crashed on Mount Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, which was presented posthumously.
He was the son of Charles H. Barth Sr. and Harriet Bittman Barth.
On June 18, 1925, he married Doris Speer at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey.
She was the daughter of Edward M. Speer.
They had no children.
Brigadier General Barth was a member of the USMA Class of 1925. In 1926, he enrolled at Cornell University where he earned a degree in Engineering. After graduation he studied the subject at the Company Officers' School at Fort Humphreys. In 1928 he became an instructor in the Department of Civil and Military Engineering at West Point. After five years he taught Chemistry and Electricity. After six years at the Academy he was assigned to the 3rd Engineers, serving at Adjutant. In 1936 he was assigned to the Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois where he was Military Assistant to the District Engineer for three years. He attended the Command and General Staff School in his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas from 1939 to 1940. Afterwards he arrived in Panama as the Assistant Engineer of Maintenance. He was assigned to the project of building the third set of locks. He was promoted to Supervising Engineer and became the Director of Civilian Defense of the Panama Canal. When he arrived in the Middle East he was noticed by Lieut. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, who made him his Assistant Chief of Staff in the Middle East. When General Andrews was assigned to London, he became the Chief of Staff for American Forces in the European Theatre of Operations at the age of 39 years. He was one of fourteen fatalities on a B24D Liberator of the 8th Air Force from the Royal Air Force base in Bovington, England, which attempted to land at Kaldadarnes, Iceland. After aborting the landing the Liberator crashed on Mount Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, which was presented posthumously.
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