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BARRY JOSEPH BEDARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordBarry Joseph Bedard, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 114
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 114
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EARL CARLYLE BROWNCaptain · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 119
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.