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MERRILL BARNES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1921 – May 26, 1969
Service recordMerrill Barnes, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1921
- Home of record
- Colonial Heights, Virginia (Colonial Heights(City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 109
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · May 25, 1969
- LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOHN WINTERSLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- TIMOTHY K FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
From Colonial Heights
- THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JRCorporal · November 19, 1970
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.