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ROY DWIGHT BARNES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 30, 1945 – October 22, 1971
Service recordRoy Dwight Barnes, of Modesto, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 46
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 46
- JAMES MELVIN HINKLESpecialist Four · October 21, 1971
- WILLIAM JOHN MAKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 21, 1971
- LARRY JAMES PORTERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1971
- DANIEL STEPHEN SALASPrivate First Class · October 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAT GERARD BRANNONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 47
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 47
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.