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DONALD JOSEPH BARNES
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
August 12, 1931 – June 6, 1967
Service recordDonald Joseph Barnes, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- August 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 60
- NEIL WAYNE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- NILES BURNEYLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.