30 Nov 2001 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. Psalms 23:4 A memorial from his brother and sister, Thomas Barlow and Sandra Gavin waterwarrior6@aol.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall "The Oasis" was located at Thanh An, about 24 kilometers south-southwest of Pleiku. On 11 Nov 1969 it was occupied by Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and a variety of troop elements. Shortly after midnight on the night of 10/11 May 1969 The Oasis was struck by a battalion of NVA troops. The attack was initiated against a part of the defensive perimeter manned by soldiers from the 366th Aviation Support Detachment, an air traffic control unit. SP5 Edward Barlow and SP4 Malcolm Bell were in a defensive bunker hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near the outset; Bell was killed and Barlow wounded by the round. The after-action report indicates ten US soldiers were killed in the action, one (SSG Thomas Bumgarner) died three days later, and three were missing in action. The Virtual Wall can identify only nine of the eleven dead: D Co, 4th Eng Bn PFC Terry Alan McCarthy, San Diego, California HHT, 1st Sqdn, 10th Cav Rgt SGT George Henry Jules, New York, New York SP5 William Shelley Slaughter, Arlington, Virginia SP5 Larry Lee Weeden, Mill Creek, Indiana SP4 Gerald Dean Jerde, Ottawa, Illinois 366th Avn Spt Det, 165th Avn Grp SFC Mills Beale, Franklin, Virginia SSG Thomas Edward Bumgarner, West Sacramento, California (Died of Wounds 05/14/1969) SP5 Edward Arnold Barlow, Hebron, Kentucky SP4 Malcolm Frank Bell, Milligan, Florida The three men missing had been captured; all survived and were repatriated on 27 March 1973: SP4 Lenard E. Daugherty, 1/10th Cavalry SP4 Thomas T. Horio, 1/10th Cavalry SP4 Juan J. Jacquez, 1/10th Cavalry

 

SP5 Edward Barlow was survived by his wife, Karen L Barlow, daughter Tracy L (3 years), daughter Tina L (1 year), Florence Kentucky and his parents Mr and Mrs Buckley A Barlow. SP5 Barlow is buried in Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, Kentucky ...The Virtual Wall, August 29, 2013

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