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WILLIAM ACKER BARNES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – December 9, 1969
Service recordWilliam Acker Barnes, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 41
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 41
- WILLIAM JOHN ZABOROWSKICorporal · December 8, 1969
- ANTHONY WILLIAM DEANSergeant · December 9, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS FRATUSSpecialist Five · December 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS TAYLOR GRAY IIICaptain · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GARFIELD HILLStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 42
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.