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GEORGE KASPER BARSOM III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – April 19, 1972
Service recordGeorge Kasper Barsom III, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 3
- ALBERTO ORTIZ JRSergeant First Class · April 19, 1972
- PAUL JOHN PESCESpecialist Four · April 19, 1972
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 3
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.