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PHILLIP DENNIS BARGER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1942 – November 11, 1968
Service recordPhillip Dennis Barger, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 46
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- September 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 46
- EDDIE MARTIN ADAMSFireman · November 11, 1968
- DONALD NORMAN ALBERTSONPrivate · November 11, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE BARRONPetty Officer Third Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL BRASWELLCorporal · November 11, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.