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DONALD ALBON BARNES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1944 – November 17, 1965
Service recordDonald Albon Barnes, of Great Lakes, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnance Trainee (6511)
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Great Lakes, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
161 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 68
- ROBERT HAROLD KUNKELPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- OSCAR BARKER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JIMMIE WOODROW BARTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.