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Article: Obituary: WHITE, BARNEY
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2009
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Barney Driggs White
Colonel, Artillery,
U.S. Army, Retired.
Col. Barney Driggs White, Artillery, US Army Retired, passed away
in Sacramento, CA on October 7, 2008 at the age of 96.
Barney was born in Sandy, UT on May 22, 1912 to Reginald and
Bernice Driggs White of Sandy. He married Catherine Cash of Midvale,
Utah on Nov. 7, 1933. Barney graduated from Jordan High School in
1931 and he was a graduate of the University of Utah class of 1936.
Barney received his commission as 2nd Lt. in the US Army Reserve
on July 13, 1935. After graduation he taught high school at Vernal
and Brigham City, Utah. He was called to active duty in the United
States Army in August 1940 in the rank of 1st Lt. He ...