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CHARLES EDWARD BARNICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – October 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Barnick, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 125
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 125
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · October 27, 1969
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- GEORGE HERMAN AYALASpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 1971
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.