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TROY HILLIS BATTERTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – April 8, 1970
Service recordTroy Hillis Batterton, of Pleasureville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Pleasureville, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 106
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RICHARD TORRES CALDERONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- PETER KARL J CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
From Pleasureville
- LANNY WILSON BANTASpecialist Four · January 29, 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.