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HARRY ADELBERT BARBER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordHarry Adelbert Barber, of Moulton, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Moulton, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 8
- LINWOOD PRESTON RICKARDSGunnery Sergeant · July 9, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD THOMASLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE GIBBINSCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 5
From Moulton
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- REX STEWART WOODLieutenant Commander · June 2, 1967
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.