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BARRY PAUL KALETTA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1950 – December 21, 1969
Service recordBarry Paul Kaletta, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 78
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- ARTHUR ROBERT HERNDONCaptain · December 21, 1969
- JAMES EARL LOWRYLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 78
- THADDEUS M YONIKA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 81
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.