21 Jan 2002 Mobile Riverine Force TF 117 Barry arrived in-country in July 1968. Shortly afterwards he and his crew outfitted their new Armored Troop Carrier. The war in the Mekong Delta was going strong. Barry's boat, T-152-10, and the T-152-1 boat were cut from the main squadron to work out of a small Vietnamese Naval Base at Rach Soi. While there the boats alternated night patrols. After several weeks T-152-10 was ambushed. Four rocket propelled grenades took their toll. Barry was hit by one and several of the crew were wounded. It was a sad time for all of us. Barry was not an extremely popular young man, but he did his job well. He is still missed after all of these years. Visit Mike Harris' site where he remembers Rach Soi and Barry Barber Visit the Mobile Riverine Force

Contact Us

© Copyright 1997-2019 www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd ®(TM)

Last update 08/15/2019.