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BEN STANLEY BITEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordBen Stanley Bitel, of Flushing, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 46
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- DIXIE CARL BERGERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.