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MITCHELL ODELL BARNES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1950 – May 30, 1971
Service recordMitchell Odell Barnes, of Columbia, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 59
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, Tennessee (Maury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 59
- ROBERT KEITH CAIN IIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1971
- ERVIN BENJAMIN CHERRYSergeant First Class · May 30, 1971
- ROY MICHAEL SEABROOKPrivate · May 30, 1971
- JACK WALTER BRUNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1971
From Columbia
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 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.