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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Donald Barrett.

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DONALD BARRETT

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 30, 1949 – April 30, 1970

Service record

Donald Barrett, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 73

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
October 30, 1949
Home of record
Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 30, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 73

Same unit, same day

From Dalton

All 14 names from Dalton →

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.