West Point Class of 72

Lee Barnes joined the Army as an Armor Cavalry Second Lieutenant upon graduation from West Point in 1972; he retired at the rank of Colonel, in 1997.

His service included duty stations in Korea, Germany and United States. He served as a tank Platoon Leader, Headquarters Company Commander, Armored Cavalry Troop Commander, and Tank Battalion Commander (concurrently serving as the Tank Regiment Commander for the Opposing Forces at the National Training Center). His staff time included battalion personnel (S1and Adjutant), logistics (S4) and operations, planning, and training (Army National Guard Advisor, Battalion XO, Brigade S3 and XO, and Division G3). His final posting was as the Chief of the Advanced Concept Office for Army Forces Command.

Lee joined Mystech Associates, which joined Northrop Grumman Corporation through a series of mergers. Lee served as Subject Matter Expert, Business Area Manager, Department Director, National Account Manager, Business Development Manager, and finally, as the Corporate Lead Executive, Orlando, retiring in 2012.

Lee has served as an independent consultant, but chooses to remain RETIRED, except for his volunteer activities, fishing, golfing and grand parenting.

Lee initially volunteered in 2011, to help with the Camaraderie Foundation annual golf tournament, “Pars and Stripes Forever”. He was elected to the board of directors in January, 2013. He was elected as Programs Director in 2015, elected Vice Chair of the Board in 2017, as Chair in Jan 2018, and in Jan 2019, re-elected as Chair for an additional one-year term.

Visitation will be Sunday, 3 November, 4-8 PM at Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home in Oviedo.

See website below. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/oviedo-fl/baldwin-fairchild-funeral-home/9831

The Service will be at First Methodist Church of Oviedo on Monday the 4th, at 10:00 am instead of 11 am as originally planned with burial at 2:00 pm at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery.

Links to FMCO and Cape Canaveral are below.

https://fumcoviedo.com/

https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/capecanaveral.asp

PLEASE NOTE:  In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Lee’s name to Camaraderie Foundation at https://camaraderiefoundation.org/donate-now/

If you have further questions, please feel free to ask and I will maintain contact with Ann and Chris, and get you the answers as quickly as I can.

Please share with all who may be interested in honoring Lee. 

Dear Members of the Class of 1972,

The West Point Association of Graduates regrets to inform you of the death
of the following Graduate:

Name: COL Lee R. Barnes Jr., USA Retired
Cullum: 30889-1972
Date of Death: October 25, 2019
Place of Death: Oviedo, FL
Interment: To be interred in Cape Canaveral National Cemetery, Mims,
                  FL November 4, 2019
NOK: Mrs. Ann Barnes, wife

If you have information related to this notification,
please inform dnsreport@wpaog.org

Personal testimonials may be posted at the link below:
http://bit.ly/2ot47ec

Prepared by: Marilee Meyer, Memorial/Archives Manager

Validated by: Kim McDermott ’87, Director of Communications

And when our work is done, our course on earth is run, may it be said,
“Well done. Be thou at peace.”
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