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WALTER EDWARD BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordWalter Edward Barnes, of Evans City, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Evans City, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 20
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · January 17, 1969
- WAYNE FRANKLIN BOLTONLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1969
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 20
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 21
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 22
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · Panel 34W, Line 23
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 24
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 24
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 25
From Evans City
- ROBERT CHARLES LEONBERGPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.