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WILLIAM EMMETT BARRITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – August 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Emmett Barritt, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 110
- GORDON SCOTT WISESpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENTONSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- DENNIS HALDANE HERRICKSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARL UPTONSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 112
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
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.