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BARRY LEE MOTT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1946 – July 27, 1966
Service recordBarry Lee Mott, of Savage, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Savage, Minnesota (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 81
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.