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JOHNIE RAY BARBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – January 28, 1968
Service recordJohnie Ray Barber, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 53
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 53
- JOE DAVID BROWNSergeant First Class · January 28, 1968
- THEODORE CHRYSTYNYCZPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- EDWARD KENT PETERSCorporal · January 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS KELLASFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 55
- JAMES EDWARD WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 58
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.