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EDWARD FRANCIS BARRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1946 – February 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Barry, of Wantagh, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 36
- JOHN EDWARD BOHNSACKLieutenant Colonel · February 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- EDWARD ERLIN COX JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ALAN WILCOXSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 41
From Wantagh
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
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.