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ROBERT W BARTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – January 9, 1967
Service recordRobert W Barton JR, of Unadilla, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Unadilla, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 129
- FENNELL TATEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- NATHAN C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
From Unadilla
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
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.