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ERIC EUGENE GITTENS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – November 2, 1969
Service recordEric Eugene Gittens, of Hapeville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 21
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Hapeville, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 21
- LAWRENCE W WHITFORD JRColonel · November 2, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- LABON RAPHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
From Hapeville
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
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.