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DAVID ALLEN BARTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1948 – February 25, 1971
Service recordDavid Allen Barton, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 4
- TOMMIE BAINESStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1971
- DENNIS ALLEN DAVISONPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1971
- ADOLFO GONZALEZ-LOPEZSergeant · February 25, 1971
- MICHAEL KEVIN MALONEYCaptain · February 25, 1971
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.