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ROBERT CHARLES WITZEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Witzel, of Spring Valley, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 47
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WORLEYMajor General · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL VICTOR AURADYCorporal · July 24, 1968
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 44
From Spring Valley
- HAROLD JAMES KAUFMANCaptain · November 20, 1967
- FRANK JACARUSOSeaman · March 12, 1970
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1971
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
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.