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DONALD EUGENE BARNETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1942 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDonald Eugene Barnett, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 42
- ANTONIO LOPEZ ALHOSergeant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL ROGER BALLLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 44
- J C REELPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 51
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
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.