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PAUL LEROY BARKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – May 3, 1968
Service recordPaul Leroy Barker, of South Paris, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 23
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- South Paris, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 23
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE BOLINDERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
- JACK CRAIG CARCLAYCorporal · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE BOLINDERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 23
- DANIEL FRANK FENNEWALDSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 25
From South Paris
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · November 28, 1971
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.