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DREW JAMES BARRETT III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1945 – March 9, 1969
Service recordDrew James Barrett III, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 84
- DONALD FREEMAN BAYSINGERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RAYMOND LEWIS BETHEASpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
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.