Greg Barras

[13 OCT 1932 - B1 - 20440 - 17 APR 1979]

Greg Barras Eulogies

Graveside Eulogy



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'55 Wreath
[Greg Barras RMA Memorial Service - OCT 2010]



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Jim Drummond, '55 Wreath, Phil Enslow
[Greg Barras RMA Memorial Service - OCT 2010]



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Dick Regnier commemorating Greg Barras
[55th Reunion - May 2010]



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Dick Regnier commemorating Greg Barras
[55th Reunion - May 2010]



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Dick Regnier commemorating Greg Barras
[55th Reunion - May 2010]



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Barras Plaque
[45th Reunion]



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B-1 Firsties - 4th Row: Chance, Sechrist, Bossert, Dinwiddie, Campbell, 3rd Row: Ordway,
Cosca, Regnier (CO), Walton 2nd Row: Finley, Sutton, Barras, McCloskey
1st Row: Pirkey, Craven, Follett, Young, Andrews, Hagedorn



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B-1 Cows



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B-1 Yearlings - 5th Row: Millar, Patterson, Walton 4th Row: Young, Andrews, Sechrist
3rd Row: Rhinehart, Cosca, Sutton, Ordway 2nd Row: Barras, Follett, Regnier,
1st Row: Chance, Vann, Craven, Bossert, Campbell, Pirkey, Hagedorn, Finley



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B-1 Plebes - 8th Row: Kasten, Young, Millar, Elliott, Cosca 7th Row: Dinwiddie, Follett 6th Row: Ordway, Pirkey,
Craven 5th Row: Bossert, Espeland 4th Row: Campbell, Andrews, Finley 3rd Row: Berkstresser, Chance,
2nd Row: Regnier, McCloskey, Rhinehart 1st Row: Santoro, Walton, Hagedorn, Vann, Patterson, Sutton



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Ordway, Barras, Chance, Follett, Instructor
[JUL 1953]



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2012 AOG Online Register Entry

Register Glossary



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Gregory Inman Barras was born on 15 October 1933 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was appointed to West Point by US Senator Stennis of Mississippi and was admitted on 3 July 1951. He was in Company B1, graduated on 7 June 1955 and was commissioned in the US Air Force.


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How I got my appointment to West Point

Greg Barras applied for both USMA and USNA and then entered VMI. He wanted to be in the military and fly more than anything. While at VMI he was notified that he had received a 2nd Alternate appointment to West Point and shortly thereafter got word that the two ahead of him had dropped out. Being fully qualified, Greg had his appointment to join the Class of 1955 at West Point. He packed his bags and left VMI to pass the time and prepare for his entrance as a Plebe. He took a couple of courses at a local college in Jackson, MS before heading to West Point in July 1951. Greg became a Plebe after suffering thru Rat year at VMI and went on to graduate and realize his dream by entering the Air Force.

As his wife Mary Lu pointed out, “We lost a capable, bright, determined, hard-working, loving, ambitious and very mature man when Greg Barras was shot down over Laos.

Jack Campbell
Basic Info submitted by Mary Lu (Barras) Walker
8 AUG 2010


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