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Submitted: 1/20/13 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R817843-G0-S3
Arkansas
SPECIALIST FIFTH CLASS US Army
Company B Aviation Battalion 1st Infantry Division
Vietnam
July 18, 1941 - March 4, 1966
*Tributes
Killed in action in a helicopter that was shot down. He was serving as a Specialist Five with B CO, 1ST Aviation Battlion, 1ST Infantry Division, USARV, Army of the United States from Newport, Arkansas. RAY M BARNWELL is on the Wall at Panel 05E Line 112. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.
by Billy M. Brown
A casualty of Operation Cocoa Beach, which was a ferocious firefight involving personnel from the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division. That event resulted in the deaths of 15 US Army soldiers, 1 Medal of Honor recepient and 2 recepients of the Distinguished Service Cross. It also resulted in the deaths of 199 Viet Cong troops.
Added by Robert Fowler
Jul. 18, 2013
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Contributed on 1/20/13 by sandhollow
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