Kevin Weadock Barleycorn served in the U.S. Navy for 4 years and 7 months. Kevin served during the years of the Cold War.
Corporal Kevin Barleycorn was inadvertently shot and killed by a fellow officer in the courtyard of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the intersection of E 6th Street and N Cherry Avenue. Corporal Barleycorn was struggling with a subject who had brandished a firearm toward officers at a fraternity party. Another officer fired at the subject just as Corporal Barleycorn was tackling him. The round passed through the subject's arm and struck Corporal Barleycorn between the panels of his vest. Corporal Barleycorn had served with the University of Arizona Police Department for five years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Barleycorn gave the University of Arizona Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tucson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Barleycorn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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