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JAMES FRANCIS TRITT
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1942 – July 7, 1967
Service recordJames Francis Tritt, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 7, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- July 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Monaca, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 33
- HILARIO PIZARR VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- GLENDON LEE WATERSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- JOEL WILLIAMS JRSergeant · July 7, 1967
From Monaca
- MICHAEL PETER MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1963
- HOWARD DAVID STRAUSSLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · June 27, 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.