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JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1930 – January 16, 1971
Service recordJeff Thomas Barnett SR, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1971, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Logistics/Embarkation Specialist (0431)
- Born
- August 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 47
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · January 15, 1971
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ZEYENSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- CHARLES RAY BESSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · January 16, 1971
From Oak Ridge
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
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.