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GARY ALAN BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordGary Alan Barnes, of Auburn, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 52
- STEVEN KEITH BRANDENBURGCorporal · August 19, 1968
- BRUCE CLAYTON BROGOITTISergeant · August 19, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANGELO GIACOBBEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROY THOMAS WESTBROOKSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 1
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.