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ALLAN GEORGE BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordAllan George Barnes, of Greer, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greer, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 39
- CURTIS ELBERT BANDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS EARL BASDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE BAUMGARTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JIMMY BEDGOODStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
From Greer
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO WATERSTechnical Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
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.