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ROBERT LEE BARNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1945 – July 9, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Barnes, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 9
- STANLEY WELLINGTON BAKERSpecialist Five · July 9, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT BENWAYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- BILLY RAY CABYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 8
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 8
- STANLEY WELLINGTON BAKERSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 9
- JAMES DWIGHT BENWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 9
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 9
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 10
- CHARLES ODEN DEJEAN IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- EMMETT ARTHUR DOUGANSSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 10
- ROBERT FRANCIS FERGUSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 11
- JERRY LEE HANDLONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- WILLIE HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- JESSE EMIL HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- WALLACE HYMANSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- BOBBY KINGSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- ELVIN PRICESergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 12
- JOHN VILNIS RAAUMSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 13
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 13
- KENNETH LESLIE VANLEWSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 13
- THOMAS JOSEPH VONTORPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 13
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 14
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 1968
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.