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ROBERT EUGENE BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Barnes, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 19
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 19
- MICHAEL PAUL BECKERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD BELCHERSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.