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BARRY WILLIAM VANHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordBarry William Vanhorn, of Los Alamitos, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Alamitos, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 42
- ANTHONY TAYLORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TEETORPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 30
- EARNEST LEE MASON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
From Los Alamitos
- JESSE JUNIOR TAYLORCommander · November 17, 1965
- DONALD MICHEAL GRALLAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- LEA EVERETT NIBBELINKPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.