Seaman Barry Morris Barber was born on December 10, 1945 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on July 22, 1968 assigned to Armored Troop Carrier 152-10 (ATC 152-10), River Assault Squadron 15, Task Force 117 (TF-117), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
The U.S. Navy Tango boat T-152-10 was a 54-foot converted LCM-6 landing craft from WWII. They had ramps on the front for loading and offloading infantry troops in the Mekong Delta. The boats were redesigned and outfitted with cannons, automatic grenade launchers, machine guns, and small arms. The ramp alone weighed 4.5 tons, so the Tango boats were extremely heavy and moved slowly in the rivers and canals. They moved even more slowly when pushing against an outgoing tide. SN Barber's T-152-10 (Tango 10) was assigned duty to a small Vietnamese Navy Base at Rach Soi, Republic of Vietnam. This was close to the larger city of Rach Gia which is adjacent to the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand). Part of their duty was patrolling nearby "Charlie Canal," straight as an arrow and dug by the Chinese and Vietnamese centuries ago.
On December 27, 1968 during one these riverine patrols, Tango 10 and a PBR (Patrol Boat River) engaged in a fierce firefight with the Viet Cong in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam. It was late in the evening and pitch black out. Back at their base panicked screams could be heard over our radio with gunfire every time the radio mikes were keyed. During the engagement, Tango 10 received three direct hits from rocket propelled grenades. One of the grenades hit SN Barry Barber in the chest, killing him instantly. Others had been placed strategically to wound other crew members.
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Barry's name is listed on panel 36W, row 079 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Navy Tango boat T-152-10 was a 54-foot converted LCM-6 landing craft from WWII. They had ramps on the front for loading and offloading infantry troops in the Mekong Delta. The boats were redesigned and outfitted with cannons, automatic grenade launchers, machine guns, and small arms. The ramp alone weighed 4.5 tons, so the Tango boats were extremely heavy and moved slowly in the rivers and canals. They moved even more slowly when pushing against an outgoing tide. SN Barber's T-152-10 (Tango 10) was assigned duty to a small Vietnamese Navy Base at Rach Soi, Republic of Vietnam. This was close to the larger city of Rach Gia which is adjacent to the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand). Part of their duty was patrolling nearby "Charlie Canal," straight as an arrow and dug by the Chinese and Vietnamese centuries ago.
On December 27, 1968 during one these riverine patrols, Tango 10 and a PBR (Patrol Boat River) engaged in a fierce firefight with the Viet Cong in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam. It was late in the evening and pitch black out. Back at their base panicked screams could be heard over our radio with gunfire every time the radio mikes were keyed. During the engagement, Tango 10 received three direct hits from rocket propelled grenades. One of the grenades hit SN Barry Barber in the chest, killing him instantly. Others had been placed strategically to wound other crew members.
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Barry's name is listed on panel 36W, row 079 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Seaman Barry Morris Barber was born on December 10, 1945 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on July 22, 1968 assigned to Armored Troop Carrier 152-10 (ATC 152-10), River Assault Squadron 15, Task Force 117 (TF-117), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
The U.S. Navy Tango boat T-152-10 was a 54-foot converted LCM-6 landing craft from WWII. They had ramps on the front for loading and offloading infantry troops in the Mekong Delta. The boats were redesigned and outfitted with cannons, automatic grenade launchers, machine guns, and small arms. The ramp alone weighed 4.5 tons, so the Tango boats were extremely heavy and moved slowly in the rivers and canals. They moved even more slowly when pushing against an outgoing tide. SN Barber's T-152-10 (Tango 10) was assigned duty to a small Vietnamese Navy Base at Rach Soi, Republic of Vietnam. This was close to the larger city of Rach Gia which is adjacent to the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand). Part of their duty was patrolling nearby "Charlie Canal," straight as an arrow and dug by the Chinese and Vietnamese centuries ago.
On December 27, 1968 during one these riverine patrols, Tango 10 and a PBR (Patrol Boat River) engaged in a fierce firefight with the Viet Cong in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam. It was late in the evening and pitch black out. Back at their base panicked screams could be heard over our radio with gunfire every time the radio mikes were keyed. During the engagement, Tango 10 received three direct hits from rocket propelled grenades. One of the grenades hit SN Barry Barber in the chest, killing him instantly. Others had been placed strategically to wound other crew members.
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Barry's name is listed on panel 36W, row 079 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Navy Tango boat T-152-10 was a 54-foot converted LCM-6 landing craft from WWII. They had ramps on the front for loading and offloading infantry troops in the Mekong Delta. The boats were redesigned and outfitted with cannons, automatic grenade launchers, machine guns, and small arms. The ramp alone weighed 4.5 tons, so the Tango boats were extremely heavy and moved slowly in the rivers and canals. They moved even more slowly when pushing against an outgoing tide. SN Barber's T-152-10 (Tango 10) was assigned duty to a small Vietnamese Navy Base at Rach Soi, Republic of Vietnam. This was close to the larger city of Rach Gia which is adjacent to the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand). Part of their duty was patrolling nearby "Charlie Canal," straight as an arrow and dug by the Chinese and Vietnamese centuries ago.
On December 27, 1968 during one these riverine patrols, Tango 10 and a PBR (Patrol Boat River) engaged in a fierce firefight with the Viet Cong in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam. It was late in the evening and pitch black out. Back at their base panicked screams could be heard over our radio with gunfire every time the radio mikes were keyed. During the engagement, Tango 10 received three direct hits from rocket propelled grenades. One of the grenades hit SN Barry Barber in the chest, killing him instantly. Others had been placed strategically to wound other crew members.
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Barry's name is listed on panel 36W, row 079 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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