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KENNETH LEE BARNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – June 5, 1972
Service recordKenneth Lee Barnett, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1972; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JACOB KONOWFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1972
- BENJAMIN LEE TEBAULTCaptain · June 4, 1972
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1972
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 5, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 1W, Line 35
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 36
- CALVIN THOMAS GOREMajor · Panel 1W, Line 36
- JAMES FAY HOLLISCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 36
- MICHAEL LOUIS HUTSONSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 36
- WALTER STEPHEN MULLENCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 36
- THOMAS MILTON LEJEUNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 37
- NICHOLAS QUINONES-BORRASMajor · Panel 1W, Line 37
- ANDREW FILLEBRO UNDERWOODLieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 38
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 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.