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JOHN BARBURY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Barbury, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 20
- TOMMY EDWARD ANTRIMSergeant · February 8, 1968
- LESLEY STEVEN AYERSLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY BARRETTHospitalman · February 8, 1968
- MICHELE BASSOSergeant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH B BOWMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 21
- DOUGLASS J DENNISSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 25
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 32
- JAMES RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 35
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE KAY TUTTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.