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JOHN ELDREW BARRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Eldrew Barron, of Homestead, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Homestead, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 33
- KENNETH HARRY WIDONPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL BACKERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM BARSLOWSeaman Apprentice · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 38
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Homestead
- PAUL LAWRENCE VERNONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1967
- THEODORE JOHNSONLance Corporal · September 21, 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.