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GARY JOE BARNETT
Captain · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – March 21, 1970
Service recordGary Joe Barnett, of Mission, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 28
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 28
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · March 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BLAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD CASTLEFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 31
- JOHN PAUL WANTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 32
From Mission
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- DARELD NORVAL BORDERSSergeant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
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.