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WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOW
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 24, 1937 – April 5, 1965
Service recordWilliam Marcus Barschow, of Bay Village, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 5, 1965, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 101
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Born
- May 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Bay Village, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 101
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- CLARENCE LLOYD JONESSpecialist Four · April 6, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
From Bay Village
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEKCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 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.