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ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – November 8, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Barnhill, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 44
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 44
- RAYMOND CHARLES HUOT JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1970
- ANDREW STARRETT PIERCE JRCorporal · November 7, 1970
- ARTHUR LAVERN SUTTONStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1970
- HERMINIO GENOVA CENTENOSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 45
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 45
- HUGH JOHN SHEVLINSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 46
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.