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EUGENE MELVIN BARNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – August 4, 1968
Service recordEugene Melvin Barnett, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 7
- DON RAY BACHELORCorporal · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BECKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- HENRY MCDONALD BRUCEGunnery Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN EDWARDSPrivate · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINASSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 9
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate 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.