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GEORGE HAYES BARGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1915 – January 22, 1969
Service recordGeorge Hayes Barger, of Howard, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 53. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1915
- Home of record
- Howard, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 53
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 56
- ROY GRANT BARNETTELance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- HARRY DIETRICH BRUESKESergeant · January 22, 1969
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · January 22, 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.