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PETER BARBERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – February 10, 1967
Service recordPeter Barbera, of Laurel Hollow, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel Hollow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 13
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- EDWIN EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- WILLIAM J BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARK DELANE HOLTESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 14
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 14
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 15
- CHARLES PAUL POHLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 15
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.