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AARON ANDRE BARNES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – December 29, 1968
Service recordAaron Andre Barnes JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 35W, Line 2
- EDWARD JAMES BOGGESSSergeant · December 29, 1968
- LEONARD EDWARD BRADFORDCorporal · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LEROY BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW BUCKLEYSergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 1
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 6
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.