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JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICK
Major · U.S. Army
June 22, 1942 – June 18, 1967
Service recordJames Clifford McKittrick, of Laurens, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 8
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Laurens, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 18, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 8
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT KENNETH MCCORVEYLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PINKERTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · Panel 22E, Line 6
From Laurens
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- CARY JOSEPH SMITHSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · March 3, 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.