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JERRY PAUL BARBEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJerry Paul Barbee, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 16
- HARRY WAYNE BASS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- ISIDRO SIGFREDO BAZANSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL BROWNCorporal · July 5, 1968
- MACCURTIS BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.