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CHARLES MILTON FITTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1932 – January 11, 1963
Service recordCharles Milton Fitts, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- November 21, 1932
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 16
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
From San Angelo
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
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.