William Edward Barnes (1940 - 1970)

Born 9 Sep 1940 in Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina, United States of America

Died 8 Jan 1970 at age 29 in Kien Phong, Vietnam

Biography

Military Service

Specialist Fourth Class William Barnes was Killed in Action in Vietnam during The Vietnam War.

SP4 William Barnes served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started: c. 1969
Unit(s): 114th Aviation Company
Service ended: 8 January 1970

Event - Death

Date - 08 Jan 1970

Place - Kien Phong, South Vietnam

Tour Date - 31 Oct 1969

Casualty Type - Hostile, Died

Casualty Cause Note - Air Loss, Crash - Land

Military Unit - Army

Component - Regular

Rank - Specialist Fourth Class

Occupation - Single-Rotor Turbine Observation/ Utility Helicopter Repairman (ARMY)

Service Number - 245567651

Religion Baptist - Other Groups

Marital Status - Married

Residence Place - Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States

Panel - 14W

Purple Heart Medal

Army Commendation Medal

Vietnam Service Medal

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters

Three other men from the 114th Assault Helicopter Company died when UH-1H (tail number 66-16871) was shot down:

• CWO Steven Merle Brown, commander
• WO1 Gale W. Butcher, Jr, copilot
• SP5 Kenneth Thomas Kleppin, crew chief
• SP4 William Edward Barnes, gunner

Burial

Northeastern Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Sources

• "United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXXY-SP7 : 12 December 2014), William Edward Barnes, 08 Jan 1970; citing , Kien Phong, South Vietnam, panel 14W, line 011, NARA NAID 571687, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVL-ZCVB : 13 December 2015), William Edward Barnes, 1970; Burial, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States of America, Northeastern Cemetery; citing record ID 17265944, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTL-YRL : 8 December 2014), William Edward Barnes, 09 Sep 1940; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 26, p. 1179, Nash, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

• "United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZH-CW8 : 12 December 2014), William Edward Barnes, NARA NAID 306742, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Virtual Wall - William Edward Barnes

• Virtual Vietnam Veterans Wall of Faces - William E Barnes