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GEORGE PATRICK BARRETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – October 27, 1967
Service recordGeorge Patrick Barrett, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 78
- HENRY ANDERSON JRTechnical Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ANGERSTEINPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ALLEN LEE ARTHURCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- HORACE CANNCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 79
- EDWARD CHARITY JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- WALTER A MARABLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 84
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 85
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 86
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 88
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.