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DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1940 – July 7, 1967
Service recordDavid Fritz Bittenbender, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BOMB SQ
- Born
- July 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “2 BOMB SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 25
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · Panel 23E, Line 25
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
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.