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FRANK AKELEY BARKER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
January 26, 1928 – June 13, 1968
Service recordFrank Akeley Barker JR, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 6
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
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Infantry Unit Commander (51542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1928
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 6
- DAVID WILSONSergeant · June 12, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE YEAROUTCorporal · June 12, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · Panel 57W, Line 11
- MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57W, Line 12
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 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.