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ERNEST LEE BARBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – November 27, 1968
Service recordErnest Lee Barber, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 70
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- NICHOLAS RICHARD ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 27, 1968
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- ROGER JAY BARTHOLOMEWLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER JAY BARTHOLOMEWLieutenant Colonel · Panel 38W, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM BRINKMEYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 71
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 76
- EDWARD BARRY VOGELColonel · Panel 38W, Line 80
- RANDALL WILLIAM WAGNERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 80
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.