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JAMES MICHAEL BARBARE
Captain · U.S. Army
September 5, 1942 – September 5, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Barbare, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 39
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · September 4, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD WOODSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES STUART HATHSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 41
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.