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BARRY DEVERE HORTON

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 1, 1947 – March 3, 1969

Service record

Barry Devere Horton, of Airway Heights, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 30W · Line 24

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Specialist Four (SP4)
Service: Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation: Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded): 4 INF DIV
Born: December 1, 1947
Home of record: Airway Heights, Washington (Spokane County)

Casualty

Date of death: March 3, 1969
Age: 21
Province: Kontum
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.

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Remembered on March 3

Elsewhere

Also on Panel 30W, Line 24

JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
SAMUEL NICHOLAS HARTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
JOHN LOUIS HEISERLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
STEVEN MURDOCK HICKMANSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
DAVID JAMES PUGLIESISpecialist Four · March 3, 1969

Same unit, same day

LYNN DENNIS ANDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 18
MELVIN LYNN APPLEBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
PHILIP LOU BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 19
FRED DOUGLAS BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 20
MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 21
CHARLIE FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
RODGER DENNIS FORCESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
RUPERT WATSON GOEBEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 23
ROBERT ELWIN GRIFFITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 24
WILLIE JUNIOR HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 25
DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 25
VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
HARRY BATON SEEDES IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 26
WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 29
GEORGE RAY ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 29
LAYNE MICHAEL SANTOSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 30
WILLIAM JOHN SCHAAFSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 30
JOSEPH SCHMICH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 31
DAVID ANDREW SEIBERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 31
WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 32
WILLARD ALVON WIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 35

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.