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BOBBIE LEE DITZFELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordBobbie Lee Ditzfeld, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 20
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- THOMAS GUY CURTIS JRStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1968
- THEODORE ALPHONSE FAULKPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 20
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 22
- PETER LOUIS LOVETTPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM LUNN MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 24
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 25
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 1969
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.