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KIRK OWEN BARKLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1950 – August 9, 1970
Service recordKirk Owen Barkley, of East Leroy, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 96
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1950
- Home of record
- East Leroy, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 96
- DANIEL STEVEN WALKOCorporal · August 8, 1970
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- PONDEXTUER E WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- DON WAYNE AVERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 97
- DAVID THORNTON MADDUXCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 98
- JOE REYNA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 98
From East Leroy
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
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.