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MANVILLE LAWRENCE BARB
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1942 – October 29, 1967
Service recordManville Lawrence Barb, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 95
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 October 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 95
- LOUIS BROWARD ARNOLDSergeant · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLOFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- HERBERT C DONALDSON JRSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE W GABUROMaster Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 96
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.