Barbara O. Barnwell
United States Marine
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| Intro | United States Marine | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Navy officer | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1928 | |
| Age | 97 years |
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Staff Sergeant Barbara Olive Barnwell, USMCR (born c. 1928), was the first female Marine to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, which she was awarded on August 7, 1953 for saving a fellow Marine from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean near Camp Lejeune in 1952.