HONORED ON PANEL 46E, LINE 44 OF THE WALL
JOHN HOWARD BARNES
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JOHN H BARNES
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POSTED ON 7.19.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you....
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It saddens me so few have posted remembrances for you here....surely you deserve better. May you rest in eternal peace.
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POSTED ON 4.25.2020
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Misadventure (Friendly Fire)
Fire Support Base Lyon (Hill 285) was located near Thon An Van Thuong, approximately six miles east of Hue, and three miles south of LZ Sally in Thua Thien Province, RVN. On March 26, 1968, a 4.2-inch mortar site was installed at Lyon. Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry was flown in to guard Lyon while Bravo Company, 1/502, patrolled the valley west of the base. Moving along a trail in the hills six miles south of LZ Sally, B Company made contact with an estimated enemy platoon. As the mortar platoon at Lyon fired rounds into the jungle ahead of the column, a fire direction error placed several of the explosive shells directly on the Company Commander’s command group near the head of the column. The miscalculation was devastating. Eleven B Company troopers were killed by the friendly fire and nineteen others wounded. The Battalion Commander, airborne at the time the incident occurred, ordered his UH-1 Command & Control helicopter down to assist with the evacuations. The pilot brought the ship into a tiny clearing by vertical descent. Along with dustoff (medivac) aircraft, all the dead and wound were brought out. The lost personnel included PFC Edwin L. Armstrong, SGT John H. Barnes (died of wounds 03/27/1968), 2LT Philip C. Benn, SP4 Jack E. Derrico, PFC Alvin R. Gibble, PFC John R. Horton, SP4 Glen D. Hubbard, SGT Philip J. Krek Jr., PFC Wayne D. Krueger, PFC Roger M. Link, and SP4 Don J. Yelverton (died of wounds 03/31/1968). [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and b2501airborne.com]
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POSTED ON 11.20.2016
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik
Remembered
DEAR SERGEANT BARNES,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN AIRBORNE QUALIFIED GRUNT. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOU. THANKSGIVING DAY IS APPROACHING, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE....
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN AIRBORNE QUALIFIED GRUNT. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOU. THANKSGIVING DAY IS APPROACHING, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE....
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POSTED ON 3.26.2014
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear SGT John Howard Barnes, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, Sir
Curt Carter
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