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DAVID THOMAS BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordDavid Thomas Barnes, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 33
- DAVID LYNN BARBERSecond Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN BARBERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 33
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- BILLY KEITH FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 39
- EDGAR DEWITT PAGESpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 42
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.