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BARRY JAN SHORT
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1941 – April 30, 1967
Service recordBarry Jan Short, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 129
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 129
- JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- BRUCE HASSELL SCRAGGSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- GENE DARRELL SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARUM BASSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 118
- JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADOSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 129
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.