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JOHN PAUL BARSCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1943 – December 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Barsch, of Garfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Garfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 69
- CALVIN WEBB BILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROZSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD D ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 67
- ROGER LEE HENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 73
- THORNTON ISHAM JACKSONCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 74
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Garfield
- JOSEPH STEPHEN LAFASOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- TYRONE HILLPrivate · May 12, 1968
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · July 8, 1968
- ANTHONY MANGANELLO JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- MARK JOHN STEPHANACSpecialist Five · September 14, 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.