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LONNIE BARBER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1930 – December 28, 1966
Service recordLonnie Barber, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 18, 1930
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 88
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- LARRY JOE WILLISSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- RONALD JEROME ZITIELLOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR ASHECRAFTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 89
- ERIC ARTHUR BRANNFORSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
- LAMONT WILKERSON FINCHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 90
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 90
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 90
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 91
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 91
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 92
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 93
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 94
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 94
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.
