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MARIO CLAYTON KITTS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1946 – March 5, 1966
Service recordMario Clayton Kitts, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 MAR
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 119
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- THOMAS PATRICK JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE LYNCH JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.