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WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – December 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Stephen Barritt, of Bridgeport, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 57
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 57
- ROBERT THOMAS RUSSELL IIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- WESLEY ROBERT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEE AARON HYDENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 58
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 59
- DONALD RAY ROSESpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 60
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Bridgeport
- WILLIAM CARL FREUNDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1972
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.