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RICHARD FREDERICK GITTINGER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 23, 1930 – December 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Frederick Gittinger, of Talmage, Nebraska, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 32
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Talmage, Nebraska (Otoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 32
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- MORRIS GENE MCPHAILSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH PAYNEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
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.