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ROBERT LOUIS PITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – October 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Pitt, of Culver City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 105
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- RONALD GLEN PERRYMANSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- LARRY F SMITHSergeant · October 25, 1966
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
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.