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LARRY HULAN BARBEE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – June 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Hulan Barbee, of Harrold, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Harrold, South Dakota (Hughes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 82
- HOWARD RANOLD BAKERPrivate · June 6, 1969
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM PAUL BENNPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN BERGSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 86
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 88
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DANNY LYNN PARKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 92
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Harrold
- DAVID RAY GATTONPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.