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FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – June 7, 1969
Service recordFrederick Douglas Barge, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 95
- DONALD ARRIBILance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- LARRY NEIL BAKKESergeant · June 7, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE BENISHEKCorporal · June 7, 1969
- JOHN MELVIN BLACKFORDStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRELL GIBSONSergeant First Class · Panel 23W, Line 100
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
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.