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BARRY MERCER STRAW
Captain · U.S. Army
January 28, 1944 – March 5, 1971
Service recordBarry Mercer Straw, of Panorama City, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Panorama City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 26
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · March 5, 1971
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- GEORGE CLINGER BASSFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1971
- EDWARD PILLOW COOPERLieutenant (junior grade) · December 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAMUEL DENNISONSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 23
- GARY GALE PRENTICESpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 25
- EDWARD LEE RAYBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 25
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 26
From Panorama City
- JOHN MICHAEL TOMKINSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- STEVEN DALE ZUCROFFCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES TITMAS IIIPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.