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ROBERT CROZIER BARNES JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1944 – May 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Crozier Barnes JR, of Carmi, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 14
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Carmi, Illinois (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 14
- JIMMY STEWART WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GERALD L AADLANDSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- JAMES LEON BATESSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- BRADLEY MONROE BOYDLance Corporal · May 30, 1968
From Carmi
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · January 21, 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.