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BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – April 16, 1967
Service recordBenjamin Luther Barrick, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 33
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE CLIFTON WILLISSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 37
From Shelbyville
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.