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ROBERT VICTOR DIMITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – October 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Victor Dimitt, of Johnson, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnson, Kansas (Stanton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 31
- GEORGE EDWARD TYLERColonel · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT WILSONSergeant · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL BANASZYNSKISpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 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.