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ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1926 – September 18, 1965
Service recordRobert Franklin Barber, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 18, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 85
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 75 USS INDEPENDENCE CVA 62
- Born
- April 17, 1926
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 75 USS INDEPENDENCE CVA 62”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 85
- A L PARKSSpecialist Four · September 16, 1965
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · Panel 2E, Line 90
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 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.