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BARNARD BACON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordBarnard Bacon, of Manassas, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Manassas, Georgia (Tattnall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 38
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · May 13, 1970
- JAMES RAYBON BARTONMajor · May 14, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLEVELAND GYE WYNDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Manassas
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DENNIS JERROD OLIVERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
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.