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THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – January 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Barbee, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Oklahoma (Rogers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 72
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS WUCINSKIPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD ANTON ERICKSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTON ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 72
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 73
From Chelsea
- DAVID LEE HUBBARD JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE BRIAN ALLISONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- DAVID ALFORD BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.