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LAWRENCE RAY BARNS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – March 18, 1970
Service recordLawrence Ray Barns, of Denton, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Denton, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 16
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 17, 1970
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · March 17, 1970
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · March 18, 1970
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Denton
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- JOHN CLARENCE KOZUCHCaptain · October 3, 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.