The Wall › Panel 1E › Idaho › Gary W Bitton
GARY W BITTON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1936 – December 6, 1963
Service recordGary W Bitton, of Blackfoot, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 35
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Blackfoot, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1963
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 35
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- DUANE EDWARD LIMBERGPrivate · December 1, 1963
- CHESTER DAVIS TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · December 1, 1963
- NORMAN RAY DAVISONCaptain · December 6, 1963
From Blackfoot
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 1969
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.