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FLOYD EDWARD BARBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1946 – May 28, 1969
Service recordFloyd Edward Barber, of Franklin, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 5
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Franklin, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · May 27, 1969
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 5
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 6
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 8
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
- DENNIS RAY MEETZESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
From Franklin
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 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.