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MICHAEL MCKEE BARR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1947 – March 29, 1968
Service recordMichael McKee Barr, of Ft Madison, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Communications/Navigation/Electrical/Weapon Systems Technician - Train (6311)
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Madison, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 61
- FRANCIS ALAN ANDERSONSergeant · March 29, 1968
- HANS WOLFGANG BRUNNERCorporal · March 29, 1968
- THOMAS G CARLISLE IIWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1968
From Ft Madison
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · September 13, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · December 24, 1969
- TERRY WILLIAM FOREMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.