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DAVID WILLIAM BARNETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1951 – May 2, 1970
Service recordDavid William Barnett, of Bristol, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Bristol, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 82
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUMSergeant · May 1, 1970
- CARL DEE WOOTTENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1970
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- MILTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 87
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 87
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · Panel 11W, Line 87
- ROBERT MILTON YOUNGCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Bristol
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- CHESTER STACY HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 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.