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BARRY MARTIN SEARBY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
May 7, 1948 – March 16, 1970
Service recordBarry Martin Searby, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN RISSEChief Petty Officer · March 16, 1970
- JOHN STEVE SCHAEFERPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- ARTHUR D SIMMONSPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.