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MARVIN DONALD BARNES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1943 – February 28, 1969
Service recordMarvin Donald Barnes, of Alturas, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 87
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Alturas, California (Modoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 87
- RONALD PETER YUHASPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- LYLE DAVID ZACHERPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALDO MARQUEZSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 95
From Alturas
- ROBERT VERN JAYCorporal · March 5, 1969
- DEAN CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 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.