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TERRY DENNIS PITTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordTerry Dennis Pitts, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 21
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES NICHOLS JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- WILLIE PETTY JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.