Bio: Barager, James V. – Capt. (Commendation Medal – Jan 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Barager, Van Horne

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 17 Jan 1974

Brindisi, Italy – Captain James V. Barager, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barager, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), has received the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at San Vito Dei Normanni Air Station, Italy.

Captain Barager, a procurement officer, was cited for meritorious service while assigned at March AFB, California.

He now serves at Brindisi, Italy with a unite of the Air Force Security Service. A 1965 graduate of Owen-Withee High School, he received his BA degree in marketing in 1970 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison through the Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He holds an M.S. degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.

His wife, Kristine, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Van Horne, 1736 C. Wildberry Lane, Glenview, Illinois.

The couple have two children, a three-year-old son, Bobby, and a seven-month-old daughter, Jill.