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CHARLES RONALD BARNES
Captain · U.S. Army
August 21, 1942 – March 16, 1969
Service recordCharles Ronald Barnes, of Fullerton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 50
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Fullerton, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 16, 1969
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 50
- WILLIAM JACKSONPrivate · March 15, 1969
- MORGAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZOSergeant First Class · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROSCOE SMITHCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 56
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.