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DAVID CHARLES DEWITT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1947 – September 3, 1966
Service recordDavid Charles Dewitt, of Clinton, Iowa, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 63
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- DANIEL SAMUEL FERRYPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
From Clinton
- MARK ERNEST STOLTENBURGCorporal · July 21, 1966
- MERRITT THOMAS COUSINSLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1971
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.