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JOHN FRANKLIN BARRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1944 – May 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Franklin Barry, of Jamestown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Jamestown, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 115
- VICTOR D BERMEASergeant · May 29, 1966
- DAVID BRUCE BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- GORDON MICHAEL BRIGGSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- JAMES WALTER BRILESPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 116
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 116
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DARREL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DONALD JERRY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 119
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 119
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 120
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WALLACE EDWARD PILSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- ROGER ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 122
- SYLVESTER SWINFORD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 123
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 124
From Jamestown
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS PAUL LIGAMMARISpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
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.