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CHARLES ROBERT PITTINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1948 – November 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Robert Pittinger, of Thurmont, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Thurmont, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 89
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIE DAVIS MCNEILCorporal · November 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PASTORINOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- DUANE KENNETH PETERSONSergeant · November 17, 1969
From Thurmont
- WOODROW FRANKLIN CARBAUGHSergeant · June 5, 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.