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CARL EUGENE BARNETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordCarl Eugene Barnett, of Grant, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Grant, Nebraska (Perkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 66
- BILLY PAT CARLISLECorporal · April 1, 1970
- ARENA RICHARD M DELLSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DON RAY HEIMARKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 71
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 74
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 76
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Grant
- KENT EUGENE BAHNSENSergeant · November 21, 1967
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.