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FERDINAND ORA BARGER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 1, 1930 – September 4, 1968
Service recordFerdinand Ora Barger JR, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 35
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Psychological Operations Officer (9305)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 1, 1930
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 35
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · September 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · September 4, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD BINGMANStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.