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DANA RANDOLPH BARKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDana Randolph Barker, of San Diego, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 24
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 24
- KENNETH ROBERT SAWYERCaptain · February 12, 1969
- RUBEN ANGUIANOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID BENIENCaptain · February 13, 1969
- JAMES BRANCHSergeant First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL HILTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 26
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 29
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.