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BARRY LEE RUNYON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – December 17, 1967
Service recordBarry Lee Runyon, of Lebanon, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, New Jersey (Hunterdon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 15
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · December 17, 1967
- PAUL JOHN MONGILLOMajor · December 17, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 14
From Lebanon
- FREDERICK Y HOLJESSecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1968
- ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1970
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.