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JAMES DAVID BARR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – March 18, 1968
Service recordJames David Barr, of Carthage, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Carthage, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 17
- GEORGE FRANCIS ADAMSLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- GREGORY KENNETH ARTHURCorporal · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT LESTER BERRYCorporal · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL COFRANSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 19
- JOHN ANTHONY FERAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 20
- TOMMY DARRELL MABESergeant · Panel 45E, Line 24
- CARL LEE MERCHANTSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 25
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 32
From Carthage
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · July 7, 1970
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.