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WILLIAM LYNN PITT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lynn Pitt, of Springfield, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 52
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 52
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MCKNIGHT JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ELBERT AUSTIN PHILLIPSTechnical Sergeant · August 28, 1968
From Springfield
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
- BILLY BARNELL WOODSONLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.