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PAUL WAYNE BARNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – January 3, 1969
Service recordPaul Wayne Barnett, of Dustin, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 54 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Dustin, Oklahoma (Hughes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 23
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- HAROLD WILBERTON JRPrivate · January 2, 1969
- CARL WILLIAM BEERS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- ARTHUR LAVINE BELTCorporal · January 3, 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.