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DONALD RICHARD BARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – August 18, 1969
Service recordDonald Richard Barrett, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 58
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT JAMES MUSCOSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 62
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 63
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.