Barnes, Thomas Nelson, Jr., CMSAF

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
99107-Senior Enlisted Advisor

Last AFSC Group
Special Identifiers

Primary Unit
1973-1977, Air Force Office of the Chief of Staff

Service Years
1949 - 1977

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1930

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Contact Info

Home Town Chester, Pennsylvania	Last Address Sherman, Texas
Date of Passing Mar 17, 2003
Location of Interment Oakwood Cemetery - Honey Grove, Texas

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

At the end of a long and distinguished USAF career, he was the 4th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.

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Sources:
http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1785
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_N._Barnes
http://www.txfannin.org/obits.php?per_id=44184
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2012/02/thomas-n-barnes-the-first-african-american-cmsaf/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21754015

1952-1958, Andrews Air Force Base

From Month/Year November / 1952	To Month/Year July / 1958
Unit Andrews Air Force Base Unit Page
Rank Staff Sergeant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Andrews AFB	State/Country Maryland

Patch	Andrews Air Force Base Details

	Type Installation
	Parent Unit Air Force Bases/Stations	Strength Base
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 10, 2023

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories He was with the 1403rd Maintenance Squadron and the 1402nd and then the 1403rd Flightline Maintenance Squadrons at Andrews Nov 1952-July 1958.

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

Andrews Air Force Base

Sawyer, Johnnie, 1stSgt, (1950-1975)	100	10070	First Sergeant (E-8)
Gschwind, DrJames, MSgt, (1947-1969)	00	00E	Master Sergeant
Larson, Larry, SSgt, (1954-1958)	301	30150	Staff Sergeant
Legge, Don, SSgt, (1951-1955)	272	27270	Staff Sergeant
Austin, Melvin, MSgt, (1953-1973)			Airman 1st Class
Born, Julius James, A1C, (1951-1954)	A11	AAF MOS 805	Airman 1st Class
Sneed, William, A1C, (1950-1963)	292	29251	Airman 1st Class
Woodruff, Jack, A2C, (1955-1959)	290	29050	Airman 2nd Class