Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 19-Jul-1947
Hometown: Lorain, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 24-Jun-1968
Incident date: 30-Sep-1968
Date of casualty: 30-Sep-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Robert James Barry died from wounds received while on combat operation when hit by fragments from hostile rocket.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio, USA
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