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DANNY LANCE BARRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 21, 1945 – August 5, 1969
Service recordDanny Lance Barron, of Carbon Hill, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Carbon Hill, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWARD OWENS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 4, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL RAGLANDCorporal · August 4, 1969
- RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENSSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- MICHAEL LOU COX JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
From Carbon Hill
- WILLIAM GRANT PENDLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS HENDONSergeant · May 13, 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.