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JOHN LUMSDEN BARNES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 24, 1943 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Lumsden Barnes, of Naples, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SP TRP USARV
- Born
- November 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Naples, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 73
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · January 19, 1968
From Naples
- DALE VINCENT BREMERMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM NEIL FLINTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FREDERICK RICHARD LEVINSSergeant · June 16, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JON HUBBARD SANDERSTechnical Sergeant · April 15, 1972
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.