Winford W. Barrow

Winford W. Barrow was a rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard.

Biography Winford Welborn Barrow was born on January 6, 1923, in Schoolfield, North Carolina and graduated from Reidsville High School in Reidsville, North Carolina in 1939. He attended what is now North Carolina State University, where he was president of his freshman class and was a member of the football, track and wrestling teams. He was selected as vice president of his class and played on the Coast Guard Bears football team.

Shortly after graduating, Barrow was stationed aboard the United States Navy vessel USS Poole to serve as part of the Occupation of Japan after World War II. After returning to the United States, he was assigned to USCGC Bibb and USCGC Cherokee.

Barrow went on to serve as executive officer of USCGC Mistletoe and USCGC Spencer and gunnery officer of USCGC Winnebago. Eventually, he became the commanding officer of USCGC Duane after having also been its executive officer.

Transferred next to Florida, he served first as marine inspector at the Marine Inspection Office at Jacksonville from May, 1957 to June, 1959, and then as executive officer and material senior inspector at the Marine Inspection Office at Tampa until May, 1963.

Barrow retired from the military in 1978. Decorations he received during his career included the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.