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NORMAN LEE BARTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – August 7, 1969
Service recordNorman Lee Barton, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 106
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 106
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL COLLIERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE HENRY JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 108
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 109
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.