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ANDREW RYAN BARRETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – August 27, 1970
Service recordAndrew Ryan Barrett, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 16
- DANIEL MURPHY BENNETTCorporal · August 27, 1970
- JAMES CALWINN CAINCorporal · August 27, 1970
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 16
From Minnetonka
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- RICHARD CLAYTON EWALDPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.