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DANNY KEITH WITT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – February 22, 1970
Service recordDanny Keith Witt, of Pontotoc, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Pontotoc, Mississippi (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 47
- THOMAS ARTHUR PALLADINOCorporal · February 22, 1970
- JOHN WILSON ROBERTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- MALCOLM GEORGE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG ARLEN BAUERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 43
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 44
From Pontotoc
- RONALD LEE SANDLINCorporal · January 20, 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.