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GARY KEITH BARNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – November 5, 1969
Service recordGary Keith Barnett, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 35
- RICHARD L MOOREHEADSergeant · November 5, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT POSEYSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS QUILLINSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- GEROULD MCLEAN RUMBLE IIIWarrant Officer 1 · November 5, 1969
From Broken Arrow
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 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.