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DANNY LEE BITNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordDanny Lee Bitner, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 4
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 4
- TERRY DANE SMOCKCorporal · August 29, 1968
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BECKSergeant · August 30, 1968
- THOMAS BURKE BUSHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 5
- GARY WAYNE MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 8
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- ROBERT SIDNEY ROBERSON JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 9
- HAROLD PHILLIP GRASSERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 11
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.