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BOBBY GENE BARBRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – May 8, 1969
Service recordBobby Gene Barbre, of Carmi, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 29
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
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CO A 2 BN 34 ARMOR 25 INF
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Carmi, Illinois (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Blunt Force
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 29
- GREGORY LAMAR FLECKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JIMMY LYNN HENRYCorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HENSONPrivate · May 9, 1969
- MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Carmi
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT CROZIER BARNES JRSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.