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JAMES PATRICK WITT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1947 – February 14, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Witt, of Fairview Park, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairview Park, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 35
- ROGER DALE LEWISPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- DAVID OWEN SULLIVANLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- JUAN JAY WILSONLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- MARC ALAN WOODWORTHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
From Fairview Park
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.