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JACKIE WAYNE BARNWELL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1935 – February 19, 1971
Service recordJackie Wayne Barnwell, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 119
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 17, 1935
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 119
- RONALD LEONARD WATSONCaptain · February 18, 1971
- STRATHER FRANKLIN WOODFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1971
- GERALD ERNEST WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1971
- WILLIAM MATTHEW FERNANDEZSergeant First Class · February 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY MILTON SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 122
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.