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BARRIE VANE BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – May 6, 1966
Service recordBarrie Vane Barnes, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 31
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 31
- JOHNNIE ELMER BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 32
- OWEN WAYNE WORTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 38
From Salisbury
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
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.