Name: 1LT Allan Vaughn Barr
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 04/23/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 24.6
Date of Birth: 09/27/1944
Home City: Turon, KS
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-161
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 26W-030
Short Summary: HAC in 2nd aircraft into the zone. Hit by fire and rolled down the hill trapping the pilots for 7 hours. Died of internal bleeding.
Aircraft: CH-46D tail number 153336
Call sign: CATTLECALL
Service number: O101730
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 02/12/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: YD013643
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: LERADO CEMETERY, RENO COUNTY, KS
This record was last updated on 06/29/2000
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