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JUNIOR BARNETT EARNEST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1943 – December 6, 1968
Service recordJunior Barnett Earnest, of Prattsville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Prattsville, Arkansas (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 49
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- JOE JULIAN GONZALESLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · December 6, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
From Prattsville
- JOSEPH BYRON POEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1971
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.