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CURTIS LEE BATTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1949 – September 25, 1968
Service recordCurtis Lee Batton, of Belmont, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Belmont, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 42W, Line 14
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · September 25, 1968
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · September 25, 1968
From Belmont
- RICHARD EDWARD WINGATEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- DANNY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.