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MICHAEL OWEN BARRETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – July 1, 1967
Service recordMichael Owen Barrett, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 90
- GLYN LINAL RUNNELS JRCorporal · June 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE VINSONLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 93
- ARSELL WHITLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 93
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.