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JOHNNIE F BARCHAK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordJohnnie F Barchak JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 112
- JOHN CHARLES AGEEPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DAVID MARSHALL ANTHONYFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ISMAEL BERMEJOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 113
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 120
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 124
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.