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JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARLOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1951 – January 30, 1971
Service recordJeffrey Lawrence Barlow, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 68
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- HAROLD EDWIN BIRKYFireman · January 30, 1971
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · January 30, 1971
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.