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MICHAEL EDWARD BARROW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1945 – June 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Edward Barrow, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 116
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 116
- FRED MCKINLEY BAILEYStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS BISHOPSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- JACKIE LEE BLANKENSHIPCorporal · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD THOMAS LASKAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 122
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 122
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.