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BARNEY KING NEAL JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 4, 1928 – September 11, 1970
Service recordBarney King Neal JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1928
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 56
- JAMES LEONARD KNOBLESFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- ALBERT MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1970
- DOUGLAS ALAN NIEBOERSeaman · September 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD KNOBLESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 56
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.