The Wall › Panel 22W › New Jersey › James John Barton
JAMES JOHN BARTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1950 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJames John Barton, of Jamesburg, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 102
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- August 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Jamesburg, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 102
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH BOSCOLance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- ANTONIO GONZALES CASTILLOSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES FINNEY JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
From Jamesburg
- RICHARD V IVESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- JAN JOSEPH GRABOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.