Serviceman

Stephen H Barton

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

31126614

Rank

Pvt (6 December 1943), PVt (6 December 1943), Sgt (6 January 1944), SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), SSGT (10 July 1944), S/Sgt (18 July 1944), TSGT (29 August 1944), SSGT (23 September 1944)

Hometown

AMHERST MA; Amherst MA; Rutland VT; Amherst, MA

Also written

Stephen Barton

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 214, 249

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Louis Theodore Seith Commanding Officer · 840th
• Victor P. Vlahovich Crew · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 2, 13 April 1944 · Brod · Listed with the Victor P. Vlahovich crew, which flew it per its history (p. 249); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 15, 10 May 1944 · Wiener Neustadt · Listed with the Louis Theodore Seith crew, which flew it per its history (p. 214); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 30, 11 June 1944 · Focsani · Listed with the Louis Theodore Seith crew, which flew it per its history (p. 214); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 32, 14 June 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · The Louis Theodore Seith crew's history names Budapest, Csepel: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 214)
• mission 35, 23 June 1944 · Ploesti · The Victor P. Vlahovich crew's history names Ploesti: one of 2 missions there in its time (p. 249)
• mission 39, 27 June 1944 · Budapest, Rákos · The Louis Theodore Seith crew's history names Budapest, Rákos: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 214)
• mission 48, 9 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Victor P. Vlahovich crew's history names Ploesti: one of 2 missions there in its time (p. 249)
• mission 49, 14 July 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · The Louis Theodore Seith crew's history names Budapest, Csepel: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 214)
• mission 50, 15 July 1944 · Ploesti · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 6955 · 42-102429 · 15 July 1944 · mission 50, 15 July 1944

Morning reports

9 entries, first 30 November 1943, last 18 July 1944; grades seen: PVt, Pvt, S/Sgt, Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1943-11-30 HQ: AAG Pvt Jack L. Tuchman
• 1943-11-30 HQ: AAC Pvt Jack L. Tuchman
• 1943-11-30 HQ: AAG Pvt Jack L. Tuchman
• 1943-12-06 HQ: Jack L Tuchman
• 1943-12-06 HQ: Jack L Tuchman
• 1943-12-06 HQ: Jack L Tuchman :
• 1944-01-06 815th: Above 2 ft dy to fur (11 days)
• 1944-02-28 HQ: Joseph T. Bocci
• 1944-07-18 840th: Van Deren, Jr s/Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 457939243 p. 700, roll 457939243 p. 708, roll 458053820 p. 35, roll 458053820 p. 129, roll 458053820 p. 195, roll 458053820 p. 270, roll 461010974 p. 861, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 481433713 p. 503

Photographs naming him

• B-17 42-102429 · view at 15thaf.org

These pictures stay on the sites that hold them and are shown here by link only, until their owners say they may be copied.

Statements, mentions and histories

• 4 more statements from MACR 6955 are on the loss record.