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BARRY DEAN KINGMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1944 – December 29, 1968
Service recordBarry Dean Kingman, of Palo Alto, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM DOYLE KINDLESergeant · December 29, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH MORRISSEYCorporal · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 1
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 2
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 6
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.