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BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – June 28, 1969
Service recordBarry Ivan Rabinovitz, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 30
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 30
- RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BATTLESSergeant First Class · June 29, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 30
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.