Barber, Floyd Edward, SP 4

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Last Rank
Specialist 4
Last Service Branch
Engineer Corps
Last Primary MOS
62E20-Heavy Construction Equipment Operator
Last MOS Group
Engineer
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 62E20, 15th Engineer Company
Service Years
1968 - 1969
Engineer Corps
Specialist 4
One Service Stripe
Two Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
Year of Birth
1946
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Franklin, OH
Last Address
Franklin, OH

Casualty Date
May 28, 1969
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location
Kontum (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Springboro Cemetery - Springboro, Ohio
Wall/Plot Coordinates
23W 005

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In the first half of 1969, three companies of the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion and the 15th Light Equipment Company defended the big American base and air strip at Dak To, RVN, against the North Vietnamese Armys 66th Infantry Regiment and 40th Artillery Regiment. From January through July of 1969, some six hundred bulldozer drivers, crane and front-end loader operators, mechanics, medics, cooks, clerks, truck drivers, and other non-infantry men defended the rugged, jungle-covered mountain in the Central Highlands northwest of Kontum near the Laos and Cambodian borders. From May 9 until the second week of July, the NVA shelled the mountain virtually every day with 122mm rockets, 81mm mortar rounds, recoilless rifles, and B-40 rockets. The deadliest single attack took place on May 28, 1969, when a 122mm NVA rocket came screaming directly into the 15th Light Equipments headquarters bunker. The heavily sandbagged bunker, sunk some twenty feet in the ground, was crowded with engineers, including a thirty-man reaction force.

Nine men, including Company Commander 1LT Franklin L. Koch, were killed. The other lost Americans comprised FSGT Dudley J. Benefiel Jr., SP4 Floyd E. Barber, SP5 James S. Colombero, SP4 Valentine M. Dwornik, SP4 Edward T. Kiezkowski, SP4 David R. Mann, SP4 Dennis R. Meetze, and SFC Luther R. Perkins (who died of his wounds on June 9, 1969). Another nineteen were wounded. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and digitaledition.qwinc.com and the VVMF]

   
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POSTED ON 5.26.2020. POSTED BY: DAVID HUSS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION. I am a Boy Scout from Troop 7 in Springboro, OH. Our Troop installs the flags at the Springboro Cemetery. Thank you for your service to our Nation and I will remember the ultimate sacrifice you made. Our Troop will do our best to recognize you every Memorial Day for years to come. David Huss, Troop 7.

POSTED ON 7.20.2010. POSTED BY: ERIKA. I REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS. We met in Germany and fell in love. We had a short time together but it was magical.Sometimes i still think about what could have been. Forever in my heart.brp.s.brIf a family member sees this you can contact me. after all these years i still have 2 pictures and dog tags i would like to get back to you.

POSTED ON 11.13.2002. POSTED BY: RAY BARBER. TO MY WONDERFUL SON. Gone but not forgotten. Thank you for helping keep our country free. I miss you and love you. Your Dad

   
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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969

Description
This campaign was from 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969. In November 1968 the South Vietnam government with American support began a concentrated effort to expand security in the countryside. This project was known as the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign."

This period covers the election of President Richard M. Nixon and a change of policy brought about by his administration after January 1969 when he announced a coming end to US combat in Southeast Asia and a simultaneous strengthening of South Vietnam's ability to defend itself. Formal truce negotiations began in Paris on January 25, 1969. The period can be characterized as marking time in preparation for an about face. Forty-seven ground combat operations were recorded during this period, the following being the most important:

(1). Operation NAPOLEON in the Dong Ha area initiated previously (1967) by Marine units, terminated on 9 December 1968.

(2). Operation WHEELER WALLOWA by 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) in north-central Quan Tin Province. This ended on 11 November.

(3). Operation MACARTHUR initiated by 4th U.S. Infantry Division in II Corps tactical zone terminated on 31 January 1969.

(4). Operation COCHISE GREEN conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade in Binh Dinh Province.

(5). Operation TOAN THANG II consisted of ground operations throughout III CTZ. This was a multi-division operation involving allied forces.

(6). Operation SEA LORDS was a coast and riverine operation. On 6 December Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT was started to disrupt enemy infiltration of materials from the "Parrot's Beak" area of Cambodia. Air operations continued to be important with over 60,000 sorties flown.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

1st Cavalry Division

29th Civil Affairs Company, I Corps

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment

630th Military Police Company

18th Military Police Brigade

16th Military Police Group

545th Military Police Company

300th Military Police Company

212th Military Police Company

66th Military Police Company

272nd Military Police Company

716th Military Police Battalion

504th Military Police Battalion

218th Military Police Company

22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)

194th Military Police Company

1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division

615th Military Police Company

720th Military Police Battalion

95th Military Police Battalion

127th Military Police Company

154th Transportation Company

552nd Military Police Company

23rd Military Police Company

4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery

557th Military Police Company

101st Military Police Company

981st Military Police Company

93rd Military Police Battalion

44th Military Police Detachment (CID)

4th Infantry Division

8th Military Police Brigade

1st Aviation Brigade

101st Airborne Division

92nd Military Police Battalion

16th Military Police Brigade

89th Military Police Brigade

90th Military Police Detachment (CID)

 
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  5504 Also There at This Battle:
  • Albano, Michael, SP 4, (1966-1972)
  • Albaugh, James, SFC, (1966-1991)
  • Alexson, Clifford, SP 4, (1967-1969)
  • Allbright, Jan, SP 4, (1967-1970)
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