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DAVID W BARNABY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1939 – May 3, 1967
Service recordDavid W Barnaby, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 21
- JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES IVERSON BALCHHospitalman · May 3, 1967
- DENNIS PAUL BERGENSTEINCorporal · May 3, 1967
- GARY LADD BIEHLLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 26
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- GARY NOBORU KAWAMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 28
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 33
From Charlotte
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 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.