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GREGORY INMAN BARRAS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 13, 1932 – December 18, 1968
Service recordGregory Inman Barras, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 18, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 41
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Born
- October 13, 1932
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 18, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 41
- ROGER CLAIR MCCORDCorporal · December 18, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.