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BARRY GENE SOWDERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordBarry Gene Sowders, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 73
- EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- BENJAMIN F STOFFER IIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ISAAC STRINGER JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER BROWSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 64
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.