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HONORED ON PANEL 46E, LINE 3 OF THE WALL
VAL E BARTON
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VAL E BARTON
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46E/3
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
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LEFT FOR VAL E BARTON
POSTED ON 2.25.2023
POSTED BY: Daniel Fogarty
Battle at San NHO
BATTLE AT SAN NHO
The 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, lost 13 men in an engagement at San Nho, east of the Filhol Rubber Plantation, on 24 March 1968:
A Company:
1LT Francis L. Gaulocher, Iowa City, IA
SP4 Darryl B. Fullum, Ravenna, OH
SP4 John B. Weill, Owensboro, KY
PFC Charles E. Davenport, Hollywood, FL
PFC Carl R. Rasori, Los Angeles, CA
B Company:
SSG Terrance E. Smith, Phillipsburg, NJ
SGT Val E. Barton, Redwood Estates, CA
SGT Robert D. Reichert, Alma, MI
SP4 Jack W. Haley, Ada, OK
PFC Stephen L. Halstead, Bainbridge, GA
C Company:
SSG Danny S. Thompson, Laurens, SC
SP4 Gerald G. Chino, Cubero, NM
HQ Company:
SP5 Jeffery H. Van Vleet, Kimball, MN
The 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, lost 13 men in an engagement at San Nho, east of the Filhol Rubber Plantation, on 24 March 1968:
A Company:
1LT Francis L. Gaulocher, Iowa City, IA
SP4 Darryl B. Fullum, Ravenna, OH
SP4 John B. Weill, Owensboro, KY
PFC Charles E. Davenport, Hollywood, FL
PFC Carl R. Rasori, Los Angeles, CA
B Company:
SSG Terrance E. Smith, Phillipsburg, NJ
SGT Val E. Barton, Redwood Estates, CA
SGT Robert D. Reichert, Alma, MI
SP4 Jack W. Haley, Ada, OK
PFC Stephen L. Halstead, Bainbridge, GA
C Company:
SSG Danny S. Thompson, Laurens, SC
SP4 Gerald G. Chino, Cubero, NM
HQ Company:
SP5 Jeffery H. Van Vleet, Kimball, MN
POSTED ON 11.11.2022
POSTED BY: Gary Nolan
The Wall
1960s – It was all high school fun
Football games, sock hops, mini-skirts and hot rods
Running cross country with my bud Val
He was fast – I was slow
John, Paul, George and Ringo
“I want to hold your hand, Yeh, yeh, yeh.”
JFK, Dallas …. BANG!
UC Berkeley
Free speech movement
Mario Savio
Tonkin Gulf, Cam Ran Bay
Saigon, Hanoi
And the Haight-Ashbury too
Invitations from LBJ
Boot camp, Right Face, Left face, Forward March
Drop, and give me twenty! … and
“The Summer of Love”
LSD, nickel bags
Fillmore Auditorium
Tune in, Turn on, and Drop out
Val, advanced infantry school
Me, German language school, Presidio of Monterey
MLK, Memphis …. BANG! – RFK, LA … BANG!
DMZ, LZs, Hueys
Door gunners and Napalm
KIAs, MIAs, and Body bags
Westmoreland, McNamara and Lt Calley too
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick, “Feed your head”
The Doors, Jim Morrison, “Come on baby light my fire”
Anti War demonstrations
Civil Rights sit ins
Draft Cards burning and Peace symbols everywhere
“Hey, Hey LBJ how many kids have you killed today?”
Country Joe McDonald, “Give me an F… give me a U…. give me a….
“What’s that spell? .... What’s that spell? …”
“Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box! Hey!”
Ton son Nhut, Mekong Delta
Tet Offensive, Da Nang, Hue
“It don’t mean nothing”
NVA, Viet Cong
Charlie Cong, gooks, slopes
And Ho Chi Minh
East Germany – West Germany
Berlin Wall, Check Point Charlie, Iron Curtin, and the Cold War
“Ich bin ein Berliner!”
Guten abend, nach ein bier bitte
Khe Sanh, Plieku, Mi Lai
M 16s, walking point
B 52s, F4 Phantoms and Cobra gunships
Agent Orange
Sgt Val Barton, Co B, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Rgmt, 25th Infantry Div
One month in country … BANG!
Not fast enough to outrun that AK47
KIA March 24, 1968
Permanent address: Panel #46E, Line #3, The Wall
Me, Spec 5, 8th MID, Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
Guten morgen fraulein. Wie gehts?
May 1970 “Back in the world”
Five month old daughter in my arms
Val … his very own private box – GI standard issue, one each
“Don’t trust anyone over 30!”
Hippies, Draft dodgers, and Red Necks too
Shouts of “Baby Killer!” and spit in the face
“Welcome Home man!”
Sgt Val Barton, KIA …. 50+ years ago
His name… and 58,000 more
Forever etched on that long… black… wall
And, to all the Veterans out there
Thank you for your service! ! NEVER FORGET!
Peace be with you, my brothers and sisters
Football games, sock hops, mini-skirts and hot rods
Running cross country with my bud Val
He was fast – I was slow
John, Paul, George and Ringo
“I want to hold your hand, Yeh, yeh, yeh.”
JFK, Dallas …. BANG!
UC Berkeley
Free speech movement
Mario Savio
Tonkin Gulf, Cam Ran Bay
Saigon, Hanoi
And the Haight-Ashbury too
Invitations from LBJ
Boot camp, Right Face, Left face, Forward March
Drop, and give me twenty! … and
“The Summer of Love”
LSD, nickel bags
Fillmore Auditorium
Tune in, Turn on, and Drop out
Val, advanced infantry school
Me, German language school, Presidio of Monterey
MLK, Memphis …. BANG! – RFK, LA … BANG!
DMZ, LZs, Hueys
Door gunners and Napalm
KIAs, MIAs, and Body bags
Westmoreland, McNamara and Lt Calley too
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick, “Feed your head”
The Doors, Jim Morrison, “Come on baby light my fire”
Anti War demonstrations
Civil Rights sit ins
Draft Cards burning and Peace symbols everywhere
“Hey, Hey LBJ how many kids have you killed today?”
Country Joe McDonald, “Give me an F… give me a U…. give me a….
“What’s that spell? .... What’s that spell? …”
“Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box! Hey!”
Ton son Nhut, Mekong Delta
Tet Offensive, Da Nang, Hue
“It don’t mean nothing”
NVA, Viet Cong
Charlie Cong, gooks, slopes
And Ho Chi Minh
East Germany – West Germany
Berlin Wall, Check Point Charlie, Iron Curtin, and the Cold War
“Ich bin ein Berliner!”
Guten abend, nach ein bier bitte
Khe Sanh, Plieku, Mi Lai
M 16s, walking point
B 52s, F4 Phantoms and Cobra gunships
Agent Orange
Sgt Val Barton, Co B, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Rgmt, 25th Infantry Div
One month in country … BANG!
Not fast enough to outrun that AK47
KIA March 24, 1968
Permanent address: Panel #46E, Line #3, The Wall
Me, Spec 5, 8th MID, Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
Guten morgen fraulein. Wie gehts?
May 1970 “Back in the world”
Five month old daughter in my arms
Val … his very own private box – GI standard issue, one each
“Don’t trust anyone over 30!”
Hippies, Draft dodgers, and Red Necks too
Shouts of “Baby Killer!” and spit in the face
“Welcome Home man!”
Sgt Val Barton, KIA …. 50+ years ago
His name… and 58,000 more
Forever etched on that long… black… wall
And, to all the Veterans out there
Thank you for your service! ! NEVER FORGET!
Peace be with you, my brothers and sisters
POSTED ON 5.29.2022
POSTED BY: Connie McKeon
Run to Remember
POSTED ON 5.16.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from family members are very touching. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....
POSTED ON 11.14.2020
POSTED BY: Mark R
Owning a Veterans childhood home
We never knew the Barton's or Val... We purchased a very run down home in Redwood Estates, Ca that we knew needed a second life. After 5 years of reconstruction and renovation we are getting close to where we want it. In the garage there has always been a sign with the name "C E Barton". Thanks to the pandemic (if you can thank a pandemic), I finally got around to finding out who made that sign. Turns out, this was in fact Val Barton's childhood home. Wish I had a box of photos of what this place used to look like!! Anyway, we may go pay his gravesite a visit. Thanks to American Heroes like Val, our daughter can enjoy the same yard Val did.