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THOMAS LYLE BARLEEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – April 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Lyle Barleen, of Vallejo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 19
- MICHAEL JERRARD KOTULLASergeant · April 12, 1967
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- DONALD VICTOR LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- FRANK ANTHONY MADISONAirman First Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 18
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 18
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 20
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 20
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 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.