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CLEVELAND PITTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1947 – December 4, 1969
Service recordCleveland Pitts, of Boynton Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Boynton Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 24
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- JAKE MARTINEZLance Corporal · December 4, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES SCHOENEWALDHospitalman · December 4, 1969
From Boynton Beach
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNUTHFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- DANIEL MORRIS BENNETTSergeant · November 14, 1966
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.