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MARK STEVEN WITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1950 – August 31, 1969
Service recordMark Steven Witt, of Winside, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Winside, Nebraska (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 18
- WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVERSergeant First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 14
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 16
- LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 16
- JOHN A POLEFKACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 17
- WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 18
From Winside
- ROBERT ALFRED WAGNERSergeant · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · April 18, 1970
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.