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JERE ALAN BARTON
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 10, 1939 – June 7, 1970
Service recordJere Alan Barton, of San Diego, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 7, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- August 10, 1939
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 23
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
- WALTER GOLASZEWSKISpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.