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LANCE BRYAN BARTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1945 – December 26, 1967
Service recordLance Bryan Barton, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 61
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · December 26, 1967
- WILLIE T BRICKHOUSE JRMajor · December 26, 1967
- SAMMY BUFFINGTONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.