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WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Howard Barksdale, of Fyffe, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Fyffe, Alabama (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 4
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DARYL CHARLES BAUERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- PERRY LEONARD BOZEMANPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ALLEN BRATZSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 5
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- SAMUEL LOYD HOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 10
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 12
- KENNETH JAMES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Fyffe
- JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1970
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.