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JAMES EUGENE BARTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 16, 1950 – February 23, 1971
Service recordJames Eugene Barton, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 132
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971. In February 1971, 387 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.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 132
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- RANDOLPH BURNS MCKELLIPSSergeant · February 23, 1971
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 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.