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WILLIAM EDWARD BARNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1940 – January 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Barnes, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 11
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 11
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1970
- GALE W BUTCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
- WILLIAM L CAMPBELL JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM COPPERNOLLCaptain · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14W, Line 11
- GALE W BUTCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 11
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 12
- KENNETH THOMAS KLEPPINSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 13
From Rocky Mount
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
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.