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BARRY RICHARD GRULKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordBarry Richard Grulke, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 77
- ALAN HEALD GREENLAWSergeant · June 18, 1969
- WALTER JOE LOUIS GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINSCorporal · June 18, 1969
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 74
- JAMES JOSEPH LANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 78
- MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 82
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Owosso
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · June 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
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.