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Casualty Info
Home Town Moulton, IA
Last Address Moulton, IA
Casualty Date Jul 09, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Oakland Cemetery - Moulton, Iowa
Wall/Plot Coordinates 52W 008
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Casualty Occurrence: This Soldier was killed by fragmentation wounds from a rocket or mortar 7 KM SOUTH OF TAM QUAN CITY 19680709 Bing Dinh Province. Sgt Barber was on his second tour in Vietnam.
POSTED ON 6.17.2021. POSTED BY: JOHN FABRIS. HONORING YOU.Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Your devotion to our country as evidenced by your two tours in Vietnam is inspiring. May you rest in eternal peace.
POSTED ON 3.19.2011, POSTED BY: JOSE DIAZ. SGT. BARBER. I arrived at A co. in Dec. 1968 and never got to meet Sgt. Barber. But Lt. Keith Dilworth who knew him personally sent me a picture of him which I am uploading to his site. Lt. Dilworth said that Sgt. Barber was a great person and friend. It was a very sad loss !
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POSTED ON 7.8.2003, POSTED BY: HARRY EWALD. A CO.19TH CEB. I served under SGT. Barber at the end of his first tour and the start of his second. Everyone had the utmost respect for his leadership. He has never been forgotten.
Joanne Martenson Woolf, Just Passing By. Oxford, Michigan ~A Tribute, to a Fallen, Soldier~
Remembering, SGT., Harry Barber, on his birth date and thanking him, for his Courage and the Ultimate Sacrifice, he made for Freedom and our Country. You, are a HERO, to all who knew you and loved you and you, will live on, in the Hearts and minds, of your family and friends, FOREVER. I too, lost, a loved one in Vietnam, in 1968 and know the anguish, your family and friends, endured. 'TO LIVE, IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE, YOU LEAVE BEHIND, IS NEVER TO DIE' ~ Robert Orr ~ Rest in Peace, Brave Soldier, and know, that you will, NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. Mar 25, 2010
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.
