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TOMMY LEE BARNES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – March 23, 1969
Service recordTommy Lee Barnes, of Harrisburg, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 16
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Illinois (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 16
- LYNN CECIL WHITFORDSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BARKLEYSpecialist Six · March 23, 1969
From Harrisburg
- DAVID LEE HALLFireman · November 1, 1966
- GLENDELL EUGENE YATESTechnical Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- VERNON EUGENE BELCHERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- JOHN CLINE TOWLECaptain · April 22, 1970
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 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.