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BARRY MORRIS BARBER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1945 – December 27, 1968
Service recordBarry Morris Barber, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 27, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 79
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 79
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BAKER JRSergeant First Class · December 27, 1968
- LOUIS ABBEY BARASHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL BARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.