Bobby Joe Barefield
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Mesa, Arizona March 05, 1948 to May 26, 1966 BOBBY JOE BAREFIELD is on the Wall at Panel 7E, Line 109 |
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From his nephew,
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A Note from The Virtual WallEven without enemy action a combat zone is deadly. According to the 5th Infantry History, PFC Barefield had been out on a night ambush. When morning came and his ambush team prepared to return to the company perimeter, PFC Barefield was disarming a Claymore mine when it exploded, inflicting fatal injuries.A month earlier a Claymore detonated during a training session, killing two and wounding several others. As it happened, the sixth victim of that accident also died on 26 May 1966 - PFC Robert Smith of Headquarters Company.
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