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EDWARD NASUESAK BARR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 22, 1949 – May 3, 1969
Service recordEdward Nasuesak Barr, of Brevig Mission, Alaska, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 3, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 105
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS COLLETON APB 36
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Brevig Mission, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 105
- EDDIE JONES WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS EARL WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- ROY LEE ARNOLDSergeant · May 3, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES BEEBEStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1969
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.