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ROBERT EDWARD BITTNER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1947 – September 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Bittner JR, of Kensington, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kensington, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 12
- ALLAN THEO ASLETTPrivate First Class · September 27, 1969
- MARK LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · September 27, 1969
- RICHARD ALOYSIUS CARABBALance Corporal · September 27, 1969
- WILLARD DELONG JRCorporal · September 27, 1969
From Kensington
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
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.