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BARRY LON UNFRIED
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1949 – June 2, 1969
Service recordBarry Lon Unfried, of Oroville, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 49
- DENNIS TUINSTRAPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · June 2, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · June 2, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 1969
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
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.