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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Rodger Glynn Barnes.

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RODGER GLYNN BARNES

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 12, 1946 – October 27, 1967

Service record

Rodger Glynn Barnes, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 78

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
September 12, 1946
Home of record
Orlando, Florida (Orange County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 27, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 78

Same unit, same day

From Orlando

All 93 names from Orlando →

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.