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BERNARD BARNES
Private · U.S. Army
April 12, 1951 – June 7, 1971
Service recordBernard Barnes, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 68
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 68
- HAROLD EDWARD BARNARDSergeant · June 6, 1971
- CARL WILHELM BORCHERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 1971
- MARTIN EDWIN LOVINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 1971
- MICHAEL RAY STREETSpecialist Four · June 6, 1971
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.