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BILLIE JOE BARNETT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – November 7, 1967
Service recordBillie Joe Barnett JR, of Overland, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 38
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 38
- EDWARD EUGENE BLUMERLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS BRENNANSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CLAYTON BANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 37
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 38
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 38
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 39
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 39
- JOSEPH MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 39
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 40
- TERRY ALAN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 41
- RONALD HARRY PAYNESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- PASCAL CLEATUS POOLAW SRFirst Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 44
- ARTHUR DONALD STIGALLColonel · Panel 29E, Line 44
- LARRY EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 44
- RONALD GILBERT STOLTENOWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 45
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 45
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 46
From Overland
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.