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WILLIAM EDWARD TITTLE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 16, 1945 – September 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Tittle, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 29
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 29
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 1969
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · September 3, 1969
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 26
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · Panel 18W, Line 26
- ANDRE GEORGE BROUMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 26
- MICHAEL LEE COLLINSSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 26
- TONY CRUZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- MCKENZIE W GENWRIGHTCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 27
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
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.