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DAVID ALLEN DITTMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – April 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Dittmer, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 107
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 107
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS DEPRIESTFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- RANDALL SHELLEY ELLISSergeant First Class · April 18, 1969
- FRED GUNDER HAUGFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- WILLIAM B WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 5
From Marshall
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 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.