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| Barnett was born February 23, 1962,<ref name="obit">{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for John "Mitch" "Swampy" Barnett |url=https://www.hixsonbrothers.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=30977033 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.hixsonbrothers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Mount Shasta, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herscowitz |first=Eva |date=2024-03-12 |title=Who was Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, the man found dead outside a Charleston hotel? |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_4e8da500-e0a8-11ee-9414-efc4884bda79.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}}</ref> He was known by nicknames '''Swamp Doggy''', '''Swampy''', and '''Mitch'''.<ref name=":422">{{Cite news |last1=Kitroeff |first1=Natalie |last2=Gelles |first2=David |date=April 20, 2019 |title=Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024022...ss/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Boeing 787 whistleblower found dead in apparent suicide |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-787-whistleblower-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...whistleblower-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/ |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Tully |first=Shawn |date=2024-03-16 |title=The last days of the Boeing whistleblower |url=https://fortune.com/2024/03/16/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-john-barnett-737-max/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Fortune}}</ref> He grew up in [[Central Louisiana|the Crossroads region of Louisiana]] and had older three brothers.<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The family of a Boeing whistleblower recall his life—and explain why they're carrying on his lawsuit |url=https://fortune.com/2024/03/28/boeing-737-whistleblower-john-barnett-death-family-lawsuit/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> His father was a rail worker. After his parents separated, Barnett and his brothers moved with his mother to her hometown of [[Alexandria, Louisiana]].<ref name=":5" /> | Barnett was born February 23, 1962,<ref name="obit">{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for John "Mitch" "Swampy" Barnett |url=https://www.hixsonbrothers.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=30977033 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.hixsonbrothers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Mount Shasta, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herscowitz |first=Eva |date=2024-03-12 |title=Who was Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, the man found dead outside a Charleston hotel? |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_4e8da500-e0a8-11ee-9414-efc4884bda79.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}}</ref> He was known by nicknames '''Swamp Doggy''', '''Swampy''', and '''Mitch'''.<ref name=":422">{{Cite news |last1=Kitroeff |first1=Natalie |last2=Gelles |first2=David |date=April 20, 2019 |title=Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/business/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024022...ss/boeing-dreamliner-production-problems.html |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Boeing 787 whistleblower found dead in apparent suicide |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-787-whistleblower-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024031...whistleblower-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/ |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Tully |first=Shawn |date=2024-03-16 |title=The last days of the Boeing whistleblower |url=https://fortune.com/2024/03/16/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-john-barnett-737-max/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Fortune}}</ref> He grew up in [[Central Louisiana|the Crossroads region of Louisiana]] and had three older brothers.<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The family of a Boeing whistleblower recall his life—and explain why they're carrying on his lawsuit |url=https://fortune.com/2024/03/28/boeing-737-whistleblower-john-barnett-death-family-lawsuit/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> His father was a rail worker. After his parents separated, Barnett and his brothers moved with his mother to her hometown of [[Alexandria, Louisiana]].<ref name=":5" /> |
| After graduating from [[Bolton High School (Louisiana)|Bolton High School]],<ref name=":5" /> after a period of time working as a cab driver,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: The Boeing whistleblower testified for 12 hours before his suicide. Here’s what he saw at the planemaker that alarmed him |url=https://fortune.com/2024/04/24/excl...at-he-saw-at-the-planemaker-that-alarmed-him/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> Barnett enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF). After completing [[Military recruit training|basic training camp]], there weren't any available training slots for new recruits. Barnett instead took a job in [[Palmdale, California]] at [[Rockwell International]] manufacturing the [[Rockwell Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] and the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]], which were operated by [[NASA]]. In the 1980s, Barnett worked as an electrician on the [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer]], which {{As of|2024|lc=y}} is still operated by the USAF.<ref name=":5" /> | After graduating from [[Bolton High School (Louisiana)|Bolton High School]],<ref name=":5" /> after a period of time working as a cab driver,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: The Boeing whistleblower testified for 12 hours before his suicide. Here’s what he saw at the planemaker that alarmed him |url=https://fortune.com/2024/04/24/excl...at-he-saw-at-the-planemaker-that-alarmed-him/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> Barnett enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] (USAF). After completing [[Military recruit training|basic training camp]], there weren't any available training slots for new recruits. Barnett instead took a job in [[Palmdale, California]] at [[Rockwell International]] manufacturing the [[Rockwell Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] and the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]], which were operated by [[NASA]]. In the 1980s, Barnett worked as an electrician on the [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer]], which {{As of|2024|lc=y}} is still operated by the USAF.<ref name=":5" /> |
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