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EDGAR STEVAN PITTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – June 23, 1969
Service recordEdgar Stevan Pittman, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 1
- JEFFREY ROBERTS BARBERLance Corporal · June 23, 1969
- WARREN PAULSENPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- GEORGE CHARLES PETERSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- TERRY MICHAEL REEDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHNNY C CALHOUNSergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 1970
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.