Obituaries:  Thomas Jefferson Barrett, Jr., Sabine Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 26, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Thomas Jefferson Barrett, Jr.

  A 34 year old Many Negro was killed in action in Viet Nam on
Monday, Nov. 15. Dead is Staff Sgt. Thomas Jefferson Barrett Jr.
His family here received a telegram from the Defense Dept. on
Nov. 18, about the death. Sgt. Barrett was a member of the First
Calvary Division.

  His body was scheduled to arrive in the states sometime
Wednesday, and was going to be shipped on to Many.

  Sgt. Barrett had been in the Army 14 or 15 years. He had served
during the Korean Conflict. He had been in Viet Nam almost three
months before the time of his death.

  It is ironical that Sgt. Barrett wrote a letter to his family on
the same day that he died.

  He was married to the former Margie Palmer, and they have three
children. Other survivors include his parents; three brothers;
and three sisters.