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ROBERT LOUIS PITTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1945 – January 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Pittman, of Willow Creek, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Willow Creek, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 62
- ESTEBAN PENA ESTRADACorporal · January 29, 1968
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM NEHERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 63
- DANNY A WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Willow Creek
- THOMAS NORMAN TOLESONCorporal · March 22, 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.