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MANNIE ALFRED BARBER
Private · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – April 4, 1970
Service recordMannie Alfred Barber, of Lenox, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 91
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lenox, Georgia (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 91
- EVERETT LEE ANKROMSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 92
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 93
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Lenox
- HERMAN FRED IVEYCorporal · December 15, 1970
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.