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DANNIE FITCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – May 13, 1970
Service recordDannie Fitch, of New Iberia, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- New Iberia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 32
- RICHARD GILL DESILLIERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT CUSPERT HARDWICKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- WAYNE HOWARD HEDEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
From New Iberia
- KENNETH LEE FREITAGHospitalman · May 2, 1966
- ROGER CHARLES COLLETTEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM GRACEMajor · June 14, 1969
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.