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DAVID WILLIAM BARKFELT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1942 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDavid William Barkfelt, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1942
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 22
- ERVIN G ASCHENBRENER JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BELVEALPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN BELVEALPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 22
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- RONALD DEAN KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 28
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 29
- TYRONE CECIL MARSDENSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 29
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ MONTANEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
- LESLEY WAYNE REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 31
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 31
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 32
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.