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ROBERT BRUCE BARRON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Bruce Barron, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
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
- PHILLIP DENNIS BARGERCaptain · November 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL BRASWELLCorporal · November 11, 1968
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.