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DAVID WILLIAM BARRUS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1950 – March 30, 1970
Service recordDavid William Barrus, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 59
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · March 29, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL ANAYACorporal · March 30, 1970
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- FLOYD STANLEY FRANKLINSergeant · March 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL ANAYACorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
- FLOYD STANLEY FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 59
- GLEASON CAY HELTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 60
- RUSSELL CRANSTON HIBLERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 60
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
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.