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ROBERT JAMES BARRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – September 30, 1968
Service recordRobert James Barry, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- PHILIP SEAN BANCROFTCorporal · September 30, 1968
- PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEYHospitalman · September 30, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1968
- SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINSCorporal · September 30, 1968
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.