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MORRIS BOWDOIN WITT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 30, 1939 – April 13, 1967
Service recordMorris Bowdoin Witt, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 13, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 30, 1939
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 25
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD CLIFCORNPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- STEFFAN MICHAEL FREDSTILance Corporal · April 14, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.