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ROBERT NELSON BARBERY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1943 – January 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Nelson Barbery, of Chittenango, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Chittenango, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 59
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES AVERY DELLINGERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- RICHARD EMERSON DENNY JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCO RUIZSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 63
From Chittenango
- JOHN JOSEPH LINKFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS HAYNESSergeant · October 30, 1972
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.