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RUSSEL JOSEPH WHITTINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – December 18, 1968
Service recordRussel Joseph Whittington, of Macon, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Macon, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 42
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- ROY HENRY SHEFFIELDCorporal · December 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SPARKSPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 41
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 41
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.