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JACK LAMAR BARKER
Major · U.S. Army
March 22, 1939 – March 20, 1971
Service recordJack Lamar Barker, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 59
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 59
- GENE RANDOLF KENNEDYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1971
- THOMAS MARTIN KENNEDYSergeant First Class · March 19, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
- THORNTON LEWIS WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 60
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 60
- RONALD DEAN KARAUSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 61
- JOHN LEROY TRUESDELLSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 62
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 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.