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LARRY LEE BARKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – September 9, 1967
Service recordLarry Lee Barker, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 39
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 39
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.