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NOEL BRUCE WITMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1949 – May 10, 1971
Service recordNoel Bruce Witmer, of Mcfarland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 31
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
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcfarland, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 31
- HENRY LINCOLN WATTS SRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- MICKEY LOUIS WILSONSpecialist Five · May 10, 1971
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · May 11, 1971
- CHRIS B CORDOVASpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON WADE JAMESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 29
From Mcfarland
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · March 27, 1970
- RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · November 27, 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.