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CEPHAS BARNES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1945 – December 11, 1965
Service recordCephas Barnes JR, of Belle Glade, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Belle Glade, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 13
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
From Belle Glade
- THOMAS FOLDENCorporal · March 22, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES HARPERSergeant · May 3, 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.