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BENJAMIN FREDERICK PITTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – January 31, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Frederick Pitts, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 30
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- HARRY LEON ECTONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- ERNEST ELWOOD FREUND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 9
- OWEN NIEL GARNETCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 9
- GUY EMERY GREENFIELDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 11
- ROBERT MICHAEL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 17
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 26
- JIMMIE PATTENSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 29
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JOHNIE B THOMASSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- JAMES MICHAEL VIELBAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 40
- LUCION PERRY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.