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CLARE ARNOLD BARRETT
Private · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – April 4, 1970
Service recordClare Arnold Barrett, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 92
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 92
- JACK WILLIAM CONNERSergeant · April 4, 1970
- MARCUS RAYMOND DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- JOHN EVERETT DUFFYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- THOMAS EDWIN FRASERPrivate · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 91
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 93
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.