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ROBERT PATRICK PITTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1945 – May 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Patrick Pitts, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 17
- OTTO PAUL MEYER IIIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 9
- DANIEL ELLIS BIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 9
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 10
- EUGENE BREEDING JRSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 10
- MARVIN WILLIAM BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 10
- FRANCIS EVERETTE CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 11
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 11
- ABE RICHARD DEYOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 11
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 12
- THAROLD WASHINGTON ELLIOTTFirst Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 12
- EDWARD ANGIANO ESCOBARSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 12
- GERALD MARTIN FARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 12
- WILLIAM FESKENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 13
- GEORGE RAY FICKLINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 13
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 13
- SAMMY RAY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE JOHN KEENANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 15
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 15
- FRANK DELEON MONTEMAYORPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 15
- MICHEL LEE PUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 15
- JAMES M MCCLUREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 16
- HAROLD EUGENE MUNDYCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 16
- OTTO PAUL MEYER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 17
- JAMES PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 17
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.