Advertisement

PFC Danny Cleon Barnes

Advertisement

PFC Danny Cleon Barnes Veteran

Birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Death
7 Jan 1967 (aged 19)
Bình Dương, Bình Dương, Vietnam
Burial
Vashon, King County, Washington, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 7 Lot 55
Memorial ID
View Source
United States Army Private First Class served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized, 25th Infantry Division. He was killed in action from small arms fire while serving in South Vietnam.
On January 7, 1967, the 1sr Battalion began to work its way north towards the Saigon River and the Ho Bo Woods. Three Bobcats from Company A were killed on January 7. A 105mm artillery dud, hung in a tree, was command detonated as they were checking out some suspicious noise.
The 1st Infantry Division along with the 173rd Airborne, 11th Armored Cavalry, and several ARVN units were beginning a detailed search of the Ben Suc, Thanh-Dien Forestry preserve and the so called "Iron Triangle" areas.
PFC Barnes is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at Panel 13E, Line 119. He took his Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Polk, Louisiana.
United States Army Private First Class served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized, 25th Infantry Division. He was killed in action from small arms fire while serving in South Vietnam.
On January 7, 1967, the 1sr Battalion began to work its way north towards the Saigon River and the Ho Bo Woods. Three Bobcats from Company A were killed on January 7. A 105mm artillery dud, hung in a tree, was command detonated as they were checking out some suspicious noise.
The 1st Infantry Division along with the 173rd Airborne, 11th Armored Cavalry, and several ARVN units were beginning a detailed search of the Ben Suc, Thanh-Dien Forestry preserve and the so called "Iron Triangle" areas.
PFC Barnes is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at Panel 13E, Line 119. He took his Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Polk, Louisiana.

Inscription

DANNY CLEON BARNES
WASHINGTON
PFC CO A 5 INF 25 INF DIV
VIETNAM BSM - PH
SEP 3 1947 JAN 7 1967



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement