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RICHARD ANTHONY BARBOLLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1946 – November 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Anthony Barbolla, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · 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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 23
- CHARLES RAY BEARDPrivate · November 21, 1968
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM DESSELLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS HUGH KIKERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 27
- WILLIAM SCOTT WATTSCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 31
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.