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BOBBY JOE BAREFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – May 26, 1966
Service recordBobby Joe Barefield, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 109
- ROBERT GERALD HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELLSergeant · May 25, 1966
- RICHARD HOWARD ROYERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 110
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 111
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES HUELSKAMPPrivate First Class · September 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.