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DONALD ANDREW RITTLINGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1947 – December 22, 1968
Service recordDonald Andrew Rittlinger, of Oneonta, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 65
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Oneonta, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 65
- ROGER WAYNE MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
From Oneonta
- RICHARD GLEN KOHLANDLance Corporal · November 10, 1967
- LEON ELDRED WATERS JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR WIEDEMANCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- WILLIAM BARTON JONESPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- GEORGE F REYNOLDS JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER WHEELERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- BURDETTE D TOWNSEND JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1972
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.