Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 11-Feb-1951
Hometown: Bixby, Oklahoma
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Aug-1969
Start of tour: 15-Oct-1970
Incident date: 19-May-1971
Date of casualty: 19-May-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Herbert Spencer Barnes was killed while a passenger on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Loader on Sheridan tank on combat support mission, received rocket propelled grenade (RPG) and hostile small arms (SA) fire.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Herbert Spencer Barnes
PFC Mickey Daniel Lang
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam, XT 527 207
Place of interment: Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
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