The Wall › Panel 54E › New York › Christopher James Barber
CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordChristopher James Barber, of Farmingdale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 42
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Farmingdale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 42
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD BACKESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
From Farmingdale
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · November 7, 1966
- DONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH DALYSpecialist Five · September 17, 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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.