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PHILLIP JOSE BARBA
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1950 – November 20, 1970
Service recordPhillip Jose Barba, of Woodlake, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodlake, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 72
- JUAN JOSE PLAZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1970
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1970
- JAMES C WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANASpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARION EUGENE MEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 74
From Woodlake
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 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.