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ROBERT SEWELL BARNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Sewell Barnes, of Port Byron, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Byron, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 21
- ROBERT GLENN WILLOWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GREGORY LEE YEAGERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RAY ADAM ARCHULETTASergeant First Class · September 7, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN BLOUGHSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN BLOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 21
- ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATAPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 22
- CHARLES GARY HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 25
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.