Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• US Army
• Deceased
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• PVT (Private)
• Indian Campaigns
• Cemetery: Seminole Indian Scouts, Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas
• 1-Alpha List
• US Indian Scouts

Bio:

Juan Barra was a Seminole Negro Indian Scout who was born in Mexico. He’s listed as having black eyes, black hair, a copper complexion, and standing 5’8”.

He was a private who enlisted from May 26, 1880 to June 6, 1881 and from June 7, 1881 to June 6, 1882. He was stationed at Fort Clark and served under Lt. Bullis.

In the 1880 census, he was listed as a white male, age 27. His wife, Austacio, was listed as a white female, age 20. They had one child, Leonides, who was listed as a white female, age 4.

http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/usscouts.htm

http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/martirianoaguirre.htm