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FRANCIS R HITTINGER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1926 – March 9, 1968
Service recordFrancis R Hittinger JR, of Ocean View, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 67
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 12, 1926
- Home of record
- Ocean View, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 43E, Line 67
- JOHN EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- DONALD REECE IRBYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- DALE RODNEY KARPENSKESergeant First Class · March 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.