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FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordFrederick Allen Barclay, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 42
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD BACKESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 2
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 3
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 8
- FOSTER HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 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.