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ELVIS GORDON BARKER
Captain · U.S. Army
March 18, 1939 – March 1, 1965
Service recordElvis Gordon Barker, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 94
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1965. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 94
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
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.