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JAMES C BARBOUR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJames C Barbour JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 36
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR WHALENLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- WILLIAM F FLAHERTY IIICorporal · Panel 46W, Line 40
- JAMES RONALD HARRISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 41
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.