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MELVIN DONALD BARNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – September 23, 1971
Service recordMelvin Donald Barnett, of Weston, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Weston, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 24
- RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1971
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- RICHARD ARELLANO SUPNETAirman First Class · September 23, 1971
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.