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WALTER FRASIER BARNES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordWalter Frasier Barnes, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 9
- GARY WISNIERSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- GARY LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.