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ALBERT PITT
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1934 – January 24, 1966
Service recordAlbert Pitt, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 314 H&MS 11 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- November 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 24, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMFA 314 H&MS 11 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 85
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DOYLE ROBERT SPRICKMajor · January 24, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY WALLSPrivate · January 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE ROBERT SPRICKMajor · Panel 4E, Line 85
From Hempstead
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
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.