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WILLIAM JAMES BARR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 22, 1948 – July 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Barr, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 38
- GARY WAYNE BALLSpecialist Four · July 16, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY BANKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · July 16, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
From Warminster
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
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.