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SPOTSWOOD DEWITT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1942 – December 21, 1966
Service recordSpotswood Dewitt, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 24
- 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 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 67
- TIMOTHY EUGENE CLARKCorporal · December 21, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- GEORGE RAY DURHAMPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 66
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 67
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 68
- NORMAN GEORGE TOENNIESSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 69
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 70
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.