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JAMES SHERWIN PITTMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – October 15, 1966
Service recordJames Sherwin Pittman, of Beacon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 78
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 78
- CARLOS PIREZ-BERGESSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
From Beacon
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 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.