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HOWARD LEROY BARDEN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1933 – January 31, 1967
Service recordHoward Leroy Barden, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 31, 1967, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 99
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 ACO SQ
- Born
- October 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “12 ACO SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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
Also on Panel 14E, Line 99
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD STEIROPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- DAVID DENNIS BERKHOLZSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY ROBERT KUBLEYCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 100
- RONALD KAZUO MIYAZAKIAirman First Class · Panel 14E, Line 101
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 101
- LLOYD FRANCIS WALKERMajor · Panel 14E, Line 102
From Cuyahoga Falls
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.