Marvin Russell (Butch) Barnes, 1945 (age 79 years)

Name
Marvin Russell (Butch) /Barnes/
Family with parents
father
19091977
Birth: June 24, 1909 Lawrence Co. TN
Death: April 18, 1977Durham Co. NC
mother
19101989
Birth: August 28, 1910 41 39 Alabama
Death: December 14, 1989Stokesdale, Guilford Co. NC
Marriage MarriageApril 8, 1928Lauderdale Co. AL
22 months
elder sister
19302000
Birth: January 17, 1930 20 19 Lauderdale Co. AL
Death: March 24, 2000Macon, Crawford Co. GA
20 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
1936
Birth: October 7, 1936 27 26 Lauderdale Co. AL
5 years
elder sister
16 months
elder sister
1942
Birth: June 18, 1942 32 31 Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL
3 years
himself
Family with Mary Evelyn Perdue
himself
wife
Marriage MarriageApril 10, 1971Henry Co. VA
4 years
son
4 years
son
Shared note

I spent 4 years in the U.S Navy. After Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Ill and YN "A" School in Bainbridge, Md. I spent about 20 months on a Floating Drydock (USS AFDL-10) at the Ship Repair Facility in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippine Islands. Since this was a small outfit my duties were split between Yeoman (clerk) and Deck Hand. While stationed in the Philippines I was attached (temporary duty) to the USS CAVALIER-APA 37 for a couple of months just long enough to travel to Hong Kong for a few weeks.

After the Philippines I got orders to River Patrol Squadron 5, Binh Thuy, Republic of Vietnam. I was in California (various locations) for training in preparation for duty in Vietnam. I arrived in Binh Thuy in February 1969 and almost immediately sent to River Patrol Division 512. River Division 512 patrolled the rivers and canals of the Mekong, Bassac, Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay rivers. In River Division 512 I was the Division Yeoman and an M-60 gunner on a PBR (River Patrol Boat).

NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL w/ combat "V"
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION
NATIONAL DEFENSE RIBBON
VIETNAM SERVICE RIBBON
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL

I left River Division 512 and Vietnam on February 15, 1970 and was sent to Norfolk, Va for discharge. Of all the places I was stationed during my 4 years in the Navy, Norfolk was the worst.

Source: Marvin Russell Barnes
from the research of John Russell Butler