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WILLIAM H BORCHART
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – December 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam H Borchart, of Union, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 42
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Union, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 42
- WILLIAM EARL BRIDGES JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- TED WILLIAM BURROUGHS JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PETER B BUSHEYFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- EDWARD LEE POLSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.