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JAMES HAROLD BARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1946 – January 1, 1967
Service recordJames Harold Barker, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 106
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 106
- LARRY ALAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- JACK ENGLISH HOLTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- ROBERT NADOLSKIPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.