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HAROLD LYNN CHITWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordHarold Lynn Chitwood, of Newbern, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Newbern, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 46
- BRUCE EDWARD MARTINPrivate · February 22, 1970
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- GEORGE ELI MATTOCKSLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
- THOMAS RICHARD MOORE JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
From Newbern
- TROY A LITTLEJOHNSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM RAY BLACKCaptain · March 8, 1969
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.