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Spotswood deWitt Chapter
4th Infantry (IVY) Division Association
1LT Spotswood deWitt
1942 - 1966
KIA December 12, 1966, Vietnam
All Photo's Courtesy of Lynwood B. Lennon
From BG (Ret) Lynwood B. Lennon: A little more than a year ago four of us who had discovered each other by email, kicked around the
idea of organizing a group of former members of the 6th Bn, 29th FA, for a possible reunion. We were planning to name the group the 6th Bn,
29th FA Chapter of the Fourth Infantry Division Association. This was attractive to us because most of the troops in the battalion had known
no other Army; they got their training in the battery with which they went into combat. That served us well. The troops knew nothing about
quitting or slowing down. That attitude led to the battalion motto of "Can Do" which we still use.
We quickly located several others by email and organized (under John Kaye's guidance) with former members of each battery searching for battery
members. I was able to get a copy of our first in-country personnel roster from the archives and we got things rolling. Almost simultaneously
John Kaye and Jeff Bell came up with the idea that we ought to name the new chapter for our first combat casualty. That sounded good to me.
We cleared the naming with the 4ID ASSN but decided that we should discuss it with the deWitt family before making it official. After some months
of email, phone, and mail searching, we located Sandy deWitt and, through him, Mrs. Catherine deWitt, Spot's mother. I called Mrs. deWitt, introduced
myself, and told her what we had in mind. She was quite pleased with the idea and I promised to visit her soon.
On July 25, 1999, Jeff Bell and I presented a Certificate of Honorary Membership in the Spotswood deWitt Chapter of the Fourth Infantry Division
Association to his mother, Mrs. Catherine deWitt. The family presented a handsome portrait of Spot as a Cadet at West Point to the Chapter. We
will always cherish the portrait and it will occupy a place of honor.
Portrait of 1LT Spotswood deWitt
KIA December 12, 1966, Vietnam
Chapter Members & The deWitt Family
This shows the group at the lunch table, July 25, 1999 in Richmond, Virginia. From left to right, Jeff Bell,
Sandy deWitt, his No. 2 son (10th grade headed for Naval Academy), his No. 1 son, Alexander
(now a practicing attorney in Richmond), Mrs. Sandy deWitt (a school teacher in Richmond),
and Lettie Bell (who keeps Jeff on the straight and narrow).
Chapter Members Reunited
Lyn and Jeff at the first reunion of the Spotswood deWitt Chapter.
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