Cadet Robert Alexander Barney of Cape Girardeau was among 14 new recruits at the Missouri Military Academy to be awarded the Gold Star and promoted to the rank of cadet private.
The Gold Star designates a cadet as a member of an honor ROTC unit with distinction. Only the top 15 percent of new recruits are so honored.
Barney is a freshman at the academy. He is the son of Kathryn Skelton of Cape Girardeau and Robert S. Barney of Dexter.
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