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SAMUEL DAVID BARBRE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – September 2, 1969
Service recordSamuel David Barbre, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 23
- WILLIAM GEORGE BATTSCorporal · September 2, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY FUTOSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- DALE ROGER HEIDEBRECHTLance Corporal · September 2, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST KISHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 24
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.