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BARRY KENNETH ALEXANDER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – September 22, 1969
Service recordBarry Kenneth Alexander, of Clemson, South Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 124
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Clemson, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 124
- GLENN MARTIN BRADLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- EUGENE LEROY BURBEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE ELLISSergeant · September 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE LEE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 126
From Clemson
- JIMMY KEMPAirman Second Class · June 6, 1967
- SAMUEL T MCDOWELL JRSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
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.