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ROBERT ARDELL PITTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Ardell Pitts, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 2
- JAMES PHILIP HICKEYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALPHONZO LINWOODEL CHAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 115
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 115
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 1
- KENNETH WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 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.