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LYMAN RICHARD DITSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1945 – February 9, 1969
Service recordLyman Richard Ditson, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 93
- RONALD JAMES FLOYDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- BOBBY GENE GAMBLECorporal · February 9, 1969
- JOHN LEE HAWKINS JRCorporal · February 9, 1969
- JOE EDD HESTERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENITO CONCHOLASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 92
- RICHARD ALLEN PATONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 1
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.