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FRANCIS ARCHER BARNES
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1942 – March 25, 1968
Service recordFrancis Archer Barnes, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1942
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 13
- JEFFERY HAROLD VANVLEETSpecialist Five · March 24, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE WEILLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- TERRY ROGER WHITESergeant · March 24, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD ARTHUR COLFACKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 15
- EUGENE JEROME CURLESS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 15
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 16
- LARRY MARSHALL GRONEWOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 16
- TRACY WALLACE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 17
- JOHN LAWRENCE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 18
- ROY L JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 18
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 19
- JAMES ELDON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 21
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PFEUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LEE RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 22
- JIMMY JOE TESSADRIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 25
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.