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ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – April 17, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Bittinger JR, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 98
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROY EVERETT BRIGHTSergeant · April 17, 1969
- KENNETH R BULLSergeant · April 17, 1969
- JOHN JAMES CORWIN IICorporal · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 99
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 99
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 101
- WALTER MINOR TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 104
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.