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JOE WILSON BARNES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1944 – February 25, 1967
Service recordJoe Wilson Barnes, of Brunson, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Brunson, South Carolina (Hampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 89
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE DAYTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- DONOVAN KEITH ELWELLPrivate · February 25, 1967
From Brunson
- WAYNE FRANKLIN CRAPSEPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
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.