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THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – July 9, 1969
Service recordThomas Jackson Barnes JR, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 87
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- JERRY BARFIELDPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BRUCE CORNWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 88
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 90
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Elizabethtown
- JERRY DEAN OLDSAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- ALVIN COY KNIGHTCorporal · May 5, 1968
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 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.