Barton K. Yount
| Barton Kyle Yount | |
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| Born |
January 18, 1884 Troy, Ohio |
| Died | July 11, 1949 (aged 65) Sedona, Arizona |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1907–1946 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General
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| Commands held | Army Air Forces Training Command |
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| Other work | Founder, Thunderbird School of Global Management |
Barton Kyle Yount (January 18, 1884 – July 11, 1949) was a United States Army Lieutenant General. His most important assignments were carried out in military aviation as a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Yount was born in Troy, Ohio. He was a student at the Ohio State University from 1902 to 1903 and then commenced studies at the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1907.
Yount was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 27th Infantry Regiment, and carried out assignments in Cuba, at Ft. Wayne, Michigan, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on a mapping detail along the Canada–US border, and with 4th Brigade, 2nd Division in Texas City, Texas. In 1914 he transferred to the 15th Infantry Regiment and served in Tientsin, China. In 1917 he was assigned as Military Attaché in Peking, China.
In late 1917 Yount transferred to the Signal Corps' Temporary Aviation Section, with duty at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. An early leader in military aviation, later that year he was assigned to command the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin, Texas. During World War I Yount carried out aviation assignments as commander of Camp Dick in Dallas, Texas, at the Department of Military Aeronautics, in Washington, D.C. and at Rockwell Field, California.
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