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ROGER ALAN BARNHART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1949 – December 12, 1970
Service recordRoger Alan Barnhart, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 116
- THOMAS CHARLES CISARCorporal · December 12, 1970
- BARRY EDWIN CLARKPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN DUCKETTMajor · December 12, 1970
- GARY LEE GAINERSpecialist Four · December 12, 1970
From Chambersburg
- CHARLES DAVID RAILINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
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.