HONORED ON PANEL 26E, LINE 21 OF THE WALL
ROBERT SEWELL BARNES
WALL NAME
ROBERT S BARNES
PANEL / LINE
26E/21
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
HOME OF RECORD
COUNTY OF RECORD
STATE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
RANK
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR ROBERT SEWELL BARNES
POSTED ON 9.16.2021
POSTED BY: Jim Reece/Janna Hoehn
Gold Star Mother
POSTED ON 9.16.2021
POSTED BY: Jim Reece
Gold Star Mother
In Memory of Robert Sewell Barnes and his dedicated Mother. A Legislative bill, which has passed the Senate numerous times, was prompted by the 2011 case of Ethel Barnes, a Gold Star Mother from Cato, who was forced to surrender the plates that honored her only son, Robert, who was killed in a Vietnam jungle in 1967. Mrs. Barnes was told she couldn’t keep the plate when she decided she could no longer drive. After hearing of Mrs. Barnes dilemma, Senator Ritchie intervened, and won the return of the plate from the DMV.
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