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JAMES SUTHERLAND PITCHES
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 1, 1937 – September 1, 1969
Service recordJames Sutherland Pitches, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 1, 1937
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 21
- RAYMOND GEORGE PARKSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- CORNELIUS PETTEYSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- FRED WINSTON SMITHStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.