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JAMES ALAN BARNES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1948 – February 16, 1970
Service recordJames Alan Barnes, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 18
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- BILLY DUANE CRELIACorporal · February 16, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 18
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 19
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 20
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 21
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.