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LAWRENCE MERRIDITH BARNES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordLawrence Merridith Barnes, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 68
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 68
- DONALD LEE APPLEGATEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.