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LARRY EARL BARGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1944 – March 26, 1968
Service recordLarry Earl Barger, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 28
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 28
- JERALD LAVERN BAKERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JIMMY DALTON BARNETTPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH BELARDESpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 32
- HAROLD JOSEPH SIMMONSSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 41
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.