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LOUIS ABBEY BARASH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1949 – December 27, 1968
Service recordLouis Abbey Barash, of Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 79
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BAKER JRSergeant First Class · December 27, 1968
- BARRY MORRIS BARBERSeaman · December 27, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL BARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
From Islip
- MICHAEL FRANK BUCKLEYCorporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD QUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- PAUL JOHN PESCESpecialist Four · April 19, 1972
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.