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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Iria Daniel Barnett.

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IRIA DANIEL BARNETT

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

June 6, 1950 – February 26, 1969

Service record

Iria Daniel Barnett, of Cove, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 63

Position of Panel 31W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Plumber (51K)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 554 ENG BN USARV
Born
June 6, 1950
Home of record
Cove, Oregon (Union County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 26, 1969
Age
18
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 63

From Cove

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.