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GEORGE L BARBER III
Captain · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – March 4, 1968
Service recordGeorge L Barber III, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 60
- TERRENCE WILLIAM ACHORPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- THOMAS B ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1968
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- CURTIS EVERETT BAKERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY OLSON HOLSINGERCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 65
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
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.