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MELVIN BARBER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1940 – August 19, 1966
Service recordMelvin Barber, of Compton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 18
- HERMAN LEE TROUPEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH BAHRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- ERIC B BARROW JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE BRACKERSpecialist Four · August 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EUGENE BRACKERSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 18
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 9, 1967
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.