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DERWIN BROOKE PITTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – August 22, 1969
Service recordDerwin Brooke Pitts, of Boswell, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Boswell, Oklahoma (Choctaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 97
- PHILLIP GLEN MCCALLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES PETERSONSergeant · August 22, 1969
- ROY KEITH PETERSONPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 90
- ANTHONY BURDETTE BLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 92
- LAWRENCE R DETWILER JRSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 92
- EDMUND FURMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 92
- DANIEL HALEY LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 96
- ANTHONY V MIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 96
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 96
- JEFFREY CHARLES PETERSONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 97
- ERIC DONN SALTZPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 98
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 98
- WILLIAM J ZELTNER IIICorporal · Panel 19W, Line 99
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.