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ERIC MARVIN BARNES
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1942 – March 25, 1967
Service recordEric Marvin Barnes, of Windsor, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 41
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 41
- FREDERICK WILSON BERGESSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- CLARENCE HERBERT BURSAWPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- JACKSON ELLIOTT COXSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
From Windsor
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- JOHN B WOBLEPrivate · April 1, 1967
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 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.