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ROBERT KEITH WITTMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Keith Wittman, of Apopka, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Apopka, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 21
- LARRY WAYNE WILLISSergeant · June 26, 1969
- RONALD RALPH BEAMANCaptain · June 27, 1969
- HAMMETT LEE BOWEN JRStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 19
- OTIS JAMES RUCKSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 19
From Apopka
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- EUGENE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM CARTERMajor · April 24, 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.