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RICHARD FRANK BARNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1944 – February 18, 1966
Service recordRichard Frank Barnes, of Elmira, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 44
- DAVID ELGA WHITTENSpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- MARK HILLARY ZELDESSecond Lieutenant · February 17, 1966
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JOSEPH TATEM BENTONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- WILLIE EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 45
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 49
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
From Elmira
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 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.