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CHADWICK MCFALL BARBER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1944 – January 8, 1969
Service recordChadwick McFall Barber, of Florence, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 53
- GERALD FRANKLIN APPERSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JRFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAULISON POLGLASESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 55
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.