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PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Choctaw, OK
Date of birth: 05/18/1949
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 15930781
MOS: 11B1P: Infantryman (Airborne Qual)
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 2ND BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/16/1968
Incident Date: 03/22/1968
Casualty Date: 03/22/1968
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
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Gary Barnum Killed in War; Rites Sunday
CHOCTAW PFC Gary Barnum, 19, of Choctaw, died March 15 in Vietnam. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church at Choctaw, with; burial pending at Rockport, Texas.
He was born in Rockport and lived in Choctaw for 10 years. He attended school at Midwest City and at Choctaw, where he was on the baseball and football teams and played in the Choctaw High School band.
He attended Oklahoma State University.
Survivors include his sister. Marsha of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Rockport, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nesmith, of the home.
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • Sat, Mar 30, 1968 Page 20
Below cited at www.virtualwall.org. Used with permission.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Choctaw, OK
Date of birth: 05/18/1949
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 15930781
MOS: 11B1P: Infantryman (Airborne Qual)
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 2ND BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/16/1968
Incident Date: 03/22/1968
Casualty Date: 03/22/1968
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
ON THE WALL Panel 45E Line 053
Gary Barnum Killed in War; Rites Sunday
CHOCTAW PFC Gary Barnum, 19, of Choctaw, died March 15 in Vietnam. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church at Choctaw, with; burial pending at Rockport, Texas.
He was born in Rockport and lived in Choctaw for 10 years. He attended school at Midwest City and at Choctaw, where he was on the baseball and football teams and played in the Choctaw High School band.
He attended Oklahoma State University.
Survivors include his sister. Marsha of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Rockport, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nesmith, of the home.
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • Sat, Mar 30, 1968 Page 20
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