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JESSIE LEE BARLOW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1930 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJessie Lee Barlow, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 5
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- TERRY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 5, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 9
- JAMES VERNON HEMBREESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 10
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 14
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 15
- WINSTON TERRY ROBINSONCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 16
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 17
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 20
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.