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WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1937 – October 21, 1965
Service recordWilliam Kathman Barrett, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 128
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS RACINESpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
From Lexington
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.