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ALAN KEITH BARTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1951 – July 28, 1970
Service recordAlan Keith Barton, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 8 INF 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- OTIS CLEVELAND MORGANMajor · July 28, 1970
- JOSE MANUEL PEREZSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE TAYLORSergeant · July 28, 1970
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.