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JAMES JOHN STITES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJames John Stites, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 43
- RICHARD L SPARKSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND SPURLINFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- MARK LEON TRIPLETTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.