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SHELDON ORA BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – April 28, 1969
Service recordSheldon Ora Barnes, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 68
- ALFRED WILLIAM SPINNERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- DENNY LYNN ASHERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- GALE LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 75
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.