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GORDON RICHARD WITTMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1933 – January 8, 1966
Service recordGordon Richard Wittman, of Herkimer, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Herkimer, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 59
- CHARLES LOUIS SCOTT JRSergeant · January 8, 1966
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BLAIRCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 58
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
From Herkimer
- RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- PHILIP M CIRILLOSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- RONALD KELVIN MOOREPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- BRIAN HARRY BURDICKPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.