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WILLIAM GEORGE BATTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – September 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam George Batts, of Avon Park, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 23
- SAMUEL DAVID BARBRECorporal · September 2, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY FUTOSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- DALE ROGER HEIDEBRECHTLance Corporal · September 2, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
From Avon Park
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
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.