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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Barry Ronal Delphin.

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BARRY RONAL DELPHIN

Captain · U.S. Air Force

April 21, 1940 – March 20, 1967

Service record

Barry Ronal Delphin, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16E · Line 120

Position of Panel 16E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 21, 1940
Home of record
Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 20, 1967
Age
26
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 16E, Line 120

From Clearwater

All 20 names from Clearwater →

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.