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LEROY FRANCIS BARNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – August 23, 1966
Service recordLeroy Francis Barnes, of Byram, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Byram, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 27
- NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRASLance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- JAMES LAWRENCE STONELance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- ODIS THOMPSONSergeant · August 22, 1966
- WALKER NORWOOD WEEKSPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.