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Spec Elmer Edward Barr

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Spec Elmer Edward Barr Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Mar 1969 (aged 20)
Vietnam
Burial
Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Vietnam War Army veteran
SP4 Elmer E. Barr
enlistment date: 23 May 1968
Vietnam tour start: 16 October 1968
K.I.A.: Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam
9TH Infantry Division, 15TH Combat Engineer Battalion, A Company
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Panel 28 W - Line 88

The Battalion twice earned the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm for its outstanding military service and also received a Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, for numerous civic actions. Alpha and Charlie Companies were recognized for their effective support of the 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division in 1968: Alpha Company received the Presidential Unit Citation for its valiant actions in the Dinh-Tuong Province
Vietnam War Army veteran
SP4 Elmer E. Barr
enlistment date: 23 May 1968
Vietnam tour start: 16 October 1968
K.I.A.: Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam
9TH Infantry Division, 15TH Combat Engineer Battalion, A Company
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Panel 28 W - Line 88

The Battalion twice earned the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm for its outstanding military service and also received a Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, for numerous civic actions. Alpha and Charlie Companies were recognized for their effective support of the 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division in 1968: Alpha Company received the Presidential Unit Citation for its valiant actions in the Dinh-Tuong Province


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  • Created by: Jim Wray
  • Added: Feb 1, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65000693/elmer_edward-barr: accessed ), memorial page for Spec Elmer Edward Barr (24 Jul 1948–30 Mar 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65000693, citing McDowell Cemetery, Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Jim Wray (contributor 47219502).