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HAROLD EUGENE BARRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordHarold Eugene Barrick, of Newville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Newville, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 50
- WILLIAM LEON YOHNLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- GILBERT LEROY ZERBSTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- GLENN URBAN ANDREOTTASpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
- RICHARD GEORGE BAMBRICKPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN URBAN ANDREOTTASpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 50
- RICHARD GEORGE BAMBRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 50
- CHARLES MATHEW DUTTONSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 52
From Newville
- DENNIS RAY LEHMANCorporal · November 21, 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.