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DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1943 – June 21, 1969
Service recordDouglas Robert Bittle, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 102
- JAMES JOHN BARTONPrivate · June 21, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH BOSCOLance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- ANTONIO GONZALES CASTILLOSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES FINNEY JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 106
From Arkansas City
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 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.