In May 1992, Melissa Rose Barnes joined the US Navy as a Naval Corpsman. Barnes re-enlisted in March 1999 at the rank of Yeomen Third Class. She was then assigned to an administrative role at the Pentagon. Barnes was on duty on September 11, 2001. At 9:37 a.m. she was making weekend plans with one of her friends when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Barnes was kill*d, along with 124 other people inside the Pentagon. She was just 27, and only a few weeks away from being transferred to her first sea duty assignment.