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ROBERT HOWARD BARR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 26, 1923 – July 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Howard Barr, of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 54
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 26, 1923
- Home of record
- Pewaukee, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 54
- LEON ROSS BARICKMANLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- WILLIAM GAYLAND BARKERSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- ERIC EMANUEL BERGQUISTWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BERTAGNASergeant · July 27, 1969
From Pewaukee
- PHILLIP JOHN EBERHARDTCorporal · January 8, 1968
- JEFFREY ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- ROYCE EVERT ROEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
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.