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WILLIAM GAYLAND BARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – July 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Gayland Barker, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 54
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 54
- LEON ROSS BARICKMANLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- ERIC EMANUEL BERGQUISTWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BERTAGNASergeant · July 27, 1969
- ROBERT HOWARD BARRLieutenant Colonel · July 28, 1969
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.