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MEREDITH LEE BARNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1949 – November 6, 1970
Service recordMeredith Lee Barnett, of Belpre, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Belpre, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 42
- J C DAVISSergeant · November 5, 1970
- WILL DANNY BILLINGSSpecialist Five · November 6, 1970
- LONNIE DALE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
- RUBENEDID HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1970
From Belpre
- GARY DOUGLAS TACKETTFireman · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 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.