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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Chauncey Barott.

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WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BAROTT

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army

September 7, 1928 – November 4, 1966

Service record

William Chauncey Barott, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 17

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
September 7, 1928
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 4, 1966
Age
38
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 17

Same unit, same day

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.