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EARL EDWARD BARNHART JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordEarl Edward Barnhart JR, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 70W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70W · Line 1
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 70W, Line 1
- JOHN HARRISON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- GERRIT LYNN BLANKSMAPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.