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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jackson Dillon Barnes.

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JACKSON DILLON BARNES

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

April 20, 1944 – February 1, 1969

Service record

Jackson Dillon Barnes, of Winchester, Tennessee, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 30

Position of Panel 33W 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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
April 20, 1944
Home of record
Winchester, Tennessee (Franklin County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 1, 1969
Age
24
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

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

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 30

From Winchester

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.