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KENNETH ALLEN BARGER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – February 11, 1971
Service recordKenneth Allen Barger, of Petrolia, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 94
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Petrolia, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 94
- MARK JOHN ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 10, 1971
- MONETTE VON WHITEPrivate · February 10, 1971
- JOSEPH ROY ANTHONYSergeant · February 11, 1971
- RAYMOND FRANK CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND FRANK CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 94
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 96
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 96
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 97
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.