Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes

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fictional character film character

Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes is a hardened, battle-scarred Vietnam War squad leader and one of the central, morally ambiguous figures in Oliver Stone’s film "Platoon."

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Label Occurrences
Sergeant Bob Barnes 4
Sergeant Barnes in Platoon 1
Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
alignment cynical ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
appearsIn Platoon ⓘ
awardForPortrayal Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger) ⓘ
branchOfService United States Army ⓘ
characterTrait battle-scarred ⓘ
hardened ⓘ
morally ambiguous ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfService United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Oliver Stone ⓘ
familyName Barnes ⓘ
fictionalStatus non-historical character ⓘ
filmDirector Oliver Stone ⓘ
filmFranchise Platoon ⓘ
surface form: Platoon (film)
filmTitle Platoon ⓘ
fullName Bob Barnes ⓘ
genre war film character ⓘ
givenName Bob ⓘ
hasRankInsignia three chevrons and one rocker ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
militaryRank Staff Sergeant ⓘ
narrativeRole antagonist ⓘ
central character ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
notableFor brutal leadership style ⓘ
conflict with Sergeant Elias ⓘ
scarred face ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
portrayedBy Tom Berenger ⓘ
role squad leader ⓘ
setting Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
sideInConflict United States Armed Forces ⓘ
themeAssociation leadership under fire ⓘ
morality in war ⓘ
psychological impact of combat ⓘ
unitType infantry platoon ⓘ
yearOfFirstAppearance 1986 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Platoon → character → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
Tom Berenger → characterRole → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sergeant Barnes in Platoon
Sergeant Elias Grodin → hasRival → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sergeant Bob Barnes
Sergeant Elias Grodin → conflictsWith → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sergeant Bob Barnes
Sergeant Elias Grodin → killedBy → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sergeant Bob Barnes
Chris Taylor → notableRelationship → Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sergeant Bob Barnes