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JOHN DANIEL BARNETT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1948 – December 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Daniel Barnett JR, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 20
- RALPH DANIEL BOBIANLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WALTER OTHO BROWN JRSergeant First Class · December 19, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 24
- ANTHONY RALPH MANTOUVALESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 25
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 27
- RAYMOND L ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 29
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
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.