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MORRIE CURTISS BARBER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordMorrie Curtiss Barber, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 32
- JON BAILEYSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- THOMAS JON BURGESONLance Corporal · February 24, 1969
- MERLE FLOYD BUTLER IIWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CURTIS ALDERIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 31
- DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILLSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 33
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 35
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.