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EARL DUANE BARKLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1950 – November 9, 1971
Service recordEarl Duane Barkley, of Indian Head, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Indian Head, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 64
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · November 9, 1971
- DAVID JAMES WATSONSpecialist Four · November 9, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · November 10, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 64
- DAVID JAMES WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 64
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.