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CHARLES WESLEY BARRETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – March 12, 1967
Service recordCharles Wesley Barrett, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 68
- BOYD GRAYSON GARNERPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 67
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 69
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 69
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 70
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.