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JOHN THOMAS DEBARBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1944 – October 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Thomas Debarber, of Seymour, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 81
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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
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Seymour, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 81
- EDWARD JOSEPH CORCORANCorporal · October 17, 1966
- GARETH JOHN DEALSpecialist Five · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 81
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · Panel 11E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 82
From Seymour
- RONALD MITCHELL RANDALLLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
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.