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HENRY EDWARD BARBER JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1934 – October 23, 1969
Service recordHenry Edward Barber JR, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 12, 1934
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 108
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · October 23, 1969
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · October 23, 1969
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · October 23, 1969
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
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.