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JAMES J LABARBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1945 – February 21, 1967
Service recordJames J Labarber, of Lodi, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 70
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 70
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
From Lodi
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 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.