Military Medals of Dana Barker, KIA
1st LT Dana Barker
Dana Barker served in the US Army
198th Light Infantry Brigade
23rd Division, Americal
He was Killed In Action 13/Feb/1969.
This riker display case is part of the Sons of Liberty Museum Collection.
U.S. Army UH-1H Helicopter Incident, Unknown Tail #, 13 Feb 1969
U.S. Army 1LT Dana Randolph Barker, Co-Pilot, 21 Jul 1947 – 13 Feb 1969, 21 y/o, SN O5261245, Helicopter Pilot, Flight Class #68-18, started his Vietnam tour on 30 Dec 1968 and was assigned to Headquarters Headquarters Company Aviation Section, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division). He was Killed In Action (KIA), on 13 Feb 1969 in Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam and his wall location is Panel 32W - Line 24.
1LT Barker was born in Ritchie County, West Virginia. He enlisted in the Army, attended and graduated from the Armor Officer Candidate Course #29-67 G2. He was commissioned on 27 Oct 1968 and married Brenda J. Walker on 5 Nov 1967 and was then assigned to flight school. His Flight School Class was #68-18. After graduating from flight school, he was assigned to Vietnam. On 30 Dec 1968, he was assigned to the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division).
Just two and one half months after arrival in country, 1LT Barker was flying Co-Pilot in a UH-1H Brigade Command and Control Helicopter delivering personnel and resupply to D Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry, 198th Light Infantry Brigade when he was hit in the chest by automatic weapons fire and was Killed In Action (KIA) in the Kontum Province, II Corps, South Vietnam and his wall location is Panel 32W - Line 24. 1LT Barker is buried or memorialized at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California.