The Wall › Panel 8W › California › John Frank Barnett
JOHN FRANK BARNETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1947 – July 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Frank Barnett, of Port Hueneme, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 30
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Support Equipment Asset Manager (6042)
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Hueneme, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 30
- OTIS PARKERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · July 18, 1970
- JOHN ULICNISpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JRSergeant First Class · July 18, 1970
From Port Hueneme
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- JESUS ARTHUR MUNOZSergeant · March 24, 1966
- DONALD EDMOND WEEDCorporal · January 27, 1968
- TAKESHI SATOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
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.