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JACK BITTING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordJack Bitting, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 2
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 2
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1968
- CURTIS RONALD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- CARMELLO ANGE JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- DONALD BALKITPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 4
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 4
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DANIEL MARTIN KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 6
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 8
- JERRY DOYNE MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 9
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 11
- KENNETH GLENN SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 11
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.