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JAMES WESLEY BARBOUR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1949 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJames Wesley Barbour, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 15
- BRUCE WAYNE BURKESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- LUTHER BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- VICTOR JOEL CANALESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- WOODROW FRANKLIN CARBAUGHSergeant · June 5, 1968
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
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.