Barry Lee Hempel

Vietnam War
Unit2nd Battalion, 13th Marines, 1st Marine Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromGarden Grove California
Date of DeathMay 10 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Private First Class Hempel was a member of Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 13th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On May 10, 1968, he was killed while fighting the enemy near Ngok Tavak, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on September 8, 1999 and identified on March 30, 2005. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.