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DAVID HUNTER PITTARD
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 14, 1934 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDavid Hunter Pittard, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 32
- JOHN LAFAYETTE JOHNSONSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · September 27, 1968
- PHILIP DALLAM REEDERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · September 27, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.