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JAMES WESLEY BARTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1935 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJames Wesley Barton, of Liberty, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- June 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Liberty, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 1
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WESLEY GENE BAUGHMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- RENE GEORGES BAUMANNSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Liberty
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
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.