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THOMAS M BARR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 1, 1945 – May 12, 1969
Service recordThomas M Barr, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 60
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 60
- ROY LEE BALDWINLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS BARBIEREStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 72
- DAVID ALLEN LEFLERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 74
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
- WENDELL ALLEN WESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 1969
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.