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BOB BARBER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1925 – August 28, 1968
Service recordBob Barber, of Skiatook, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- September 18, 1925
- Home of record
- Skiatook, Oklahoma (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 46
- SAMUEL FLOYD MORGANCorporal · August 27, 1968
- HENRY LUKE WARNER IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN WASHBURNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
From Skiatook
- MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDYSergeant · September 28, 1967
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.