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RICHARD JOSEPH BARBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRichard Joseph Barber, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 120
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- PAUL ALIPIO BAPTISTASergeant · May 7, 1970
- EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLASpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 120
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 121
- ARTHUR NELSON KANGASSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 124
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.