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CHARLES R PITTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1944 – November 26, 1967
Service recordCharles R Pitts, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 93
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 93
- JOHN A MERCURIOCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · November 26, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- DIEGO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 91
- EDWARD C HIGGINS IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 91
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
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.