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IGNACIO BARELA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – June 2, 1967
Service recordIgnacio Barela, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Alamogordo, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 31
- DANIEL LEWIS CARRIERCaptain · January 5, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BRUCE E BOYERSergeant First Class · June 2, 1967
From Alamogordo
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 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.