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THOMAS R BARRY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1941 – March 13, 1967
Service recordThomas R Barry, of New York, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 74
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- 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 March 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 74
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- MARCO ANTONIO SERRANO JRPrivate · March 13, 1967
- VIRGIL BYRON TERWILLIGERLance Corporal · March 13, 1967
- ANTONIO VEGAPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN DANIEL HITESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 72
- MARCO ANTONIO SERRANO JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 74
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.