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LARRY WAYNE BARNARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – February 13, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Barnard, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 39E, Line 17
- WINFIELD WESLEY BECKFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- RONALD LEE BLACKSTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- JAMES LEE BROWN JRCorporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN BURRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS IGNATIUS ARNETTSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 16
- ROBERT JOHN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 18
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 18
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 22
- HARRY FRANK EDWARD PEEPLESSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 24
- ALEX ROBERT TOLPAROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 27
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.