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BARRY ARTHUR RHASH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – March 29, 1971
Service recordBarry Arthur Rhash, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 92
- ROBERT MARSHALL GRIBBLEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1971
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- LESTER JAMES MOEPetty Officer First Class · March 29, 1971
- ROGER ALLEN PEDERSONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 91
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.