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BARNEY KAATZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1926 – April 6, 1962
Service recordBarney Kaatz, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1962, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 8
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 12, 1926
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1962
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1962. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 8
- IVAN PRESTON WHITLOCKTechnical Sergeant · April 2, 1962
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
From International Falls
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 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.