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JIM ALBERT BARTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1950 – May 8, 1969
Service recordJim Albert Barton, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 20
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE BOLINGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- MELVIN BOLTONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- ARTURO PELAJIOPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
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.