Donald Aaron Barnes, age 40, from Granite City, Illinois, Madison county.
Parents: Minnie Kauffman Barnes and preceded in death by Mirvel Barnes
Spouse: Married
Children: Darlene, 12; Donna, 15
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (1962), UPI (1962)