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DAVID KENNETH DITCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1943 – March 13, 1968
Service recordDavid Kenneth Ditch, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 35
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 35
- RAYMOND PAUL DOBRZYNSKISpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR FULTS JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 32
- TODD EARLE SWANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 41
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.