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BOB JEWITT
Airman Third Class · U.S. Air Force
October 5, 1947 – April 28, 1967
Service recordBob Jewitt, of Bell Gardens, California, served as an Airman Third Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 109
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Third Class (A3C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Bell Gardens, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 109
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- JOHN HENRY HOLLANDLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANK LEONECorporal · April 28, 1967
- JULIAN MARINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
From Bell Gardens
- GARY STILLMAN CURTISSeaman · August 14, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT CARROLL SMITHCorporal · July 29, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GRAVESPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- REX EDWIN THORNLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
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.