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THOMAS MARTIN BARNETT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 30, 1943 – September 26, 1970
Service recordThomas Martin Barnett, of Sellersburg, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 91
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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Sellersburg, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 91
- DALE STEWART CHAMBERLAINSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- BENJAMIN R BOSTICK IVCaptain · September 26, 1970
From Sellersburg
- WILLIAM GARY SMITHPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WILLARD SKAGGS JRSergeant · March 2, 1968
- CAL THOMAS HAMMACKLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
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.