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BARTON SHELDON CREED
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
April 3, 1945 – March 13, 1971
Service recordBarton Sheldon Creed, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on March 13, 1971, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 113
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1971
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 43
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- MELVIN RAY CLEAVELANDPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · March 13, 1971
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
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.