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JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOOD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJames Phillip Chittwood, of Raytown, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Raytown, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 69
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUCCorporal · July 29, 1969
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOSPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Raytown
- CHARLES OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.