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GARRY DWIGHT BARBEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1949 – August 2, 1969
Service recordGarry Dwight Barbee, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20W, Line 88
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · August 2, 1969
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- ROBERT LYNN SHOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
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.