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GARY LESTER BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordGary Lester Barnes, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 116
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Sleepy Eye, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 116
- ROBERT ARNOLD WIMERCorporal · June 8, 1969
- ROGER LEE YOUNGLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE AKINSCorporal · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 1
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 6
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 7
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 8
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Sleepy Eye
- RONALD LEE SANDMANNSergeant · December 10, 1967
- GERALD LEE MILBRODTPrivate First Class · February 16, 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.