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IRVING DONALD BARROWS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordIrving Donald Barrows, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 16
- BILLY CARL ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- MCDONALD E BOYCECorporal · April 21, 1968
- WILLIE GENE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 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.