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JOHN LAWRENCE BAROVETTO
Captain · U.S. Army
January 21, 1939 – January 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Lawrence Barovetto, of Davis, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 63
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Davis, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 63
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT AVILACorporal · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS BAHL JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1968
From Davis
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE MOOREStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1970
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.