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EARNEST LYNN WITT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1950 – May 28, 1968
Service recordEarnest Lynn Witt, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 1
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 1
- BOBBY LEE WHEELERCorporal · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOHN HERMAN WILKENSStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1968
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.