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THOMAS FREDRICK BARTH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 16, 1950 – May 20, 1969
Service recordThomas Fredrick Barth, of Lakewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 57
- FREDERICK C THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1969
- WILLIAM ELDRED WHALEY IIILance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- DANIEL SIMON BEHARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 61
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.