LTC WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BAROTT

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall At the beginning of November 1966, operations near the "Black Virgin" Mountain were uncovering very large NVA/VC supply caches. Because the NVA/VC could not afford to lose the supplies, they were forced to fight - and fight they did, beginning with heavy action near Dau Tieng starting on 03 Nov 1966, when 13 US soldiers died in the fighting. It continued on 04 November, with 11 US infantry companies in the field, supported by air and artillery as well as ARVN infantry. By day's end, the NVA/VC commanders realized they could not protect their supply caches and began a withdrawal toward the Cambodian border. Seventeen more US soldiers died in the fighting on 04 Nov 1966: 2nd Bn, 1st Infantry SSG John P. Frankel, Santa Clara, CA, C Co SGT Edward J. Merritt, Philadelphia, PA, B Co SGT Howard L. Walker, Boomer, NC, C Co PFC Carmen P. Cartonia, Buffalo, NY, C Co 1st Bn, 27th Infantry SGT John D. Beltz, St Louis, MO, A Co SP4 Eugene F. Goeckner, Dieterich, IL, A Co PFC Bruce E. Kerndl, Miller Place, NY, A Co 2nd Bn, 27th Infantry LTC William C. Barott, Philadelphia, PA, HQ Co (Silver Star) CPT Gerald F. Currier, Lawrence, MA, C Co 2LT Robert L. Adams, Carlisle, PA, C Co SGT Howard C. Barker, Madison, FL, C Co SP4 Rodney E. Althoff, York, PA, HQ Co (Silver Star) SP4 Aaron L. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA, A Co PFC Lawrence E. Besson, Alexandria, LA, C Co PFC Luis A. Perez-Cruz, Arecibo, PR PVT Jose L. Fontanez-Velez, Rio Piedras, PR, C Co PVT Bobby Young, Viper, KY Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

 

21 Dec 2002 The following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. Barott's life was the Army. He had assignments in Japan, Korea, Germany and the Dominican Republic before becoming commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, in Viet Nam in May 1966. Barott, 38, was killed on November 4, 1966, while leading his battalion into a ferocious battle at Dau Tieng, Tay Ninh Province, in an effort to free another battalion pinned down by heavy enemy fire. The lieutenant colonel was postumously awarded the Silver Star. He was survived by his wife, two sons, three daughters and his mother. From a native Philadelphian and Marine, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@comcast.net

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