GREEN BERETS Fitts, Richard Allan (Dick)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fitts ​

• FORENAME

Richard Allan (Dick) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB 1) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

019346459 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th November 1968 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 34 Site 4524 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Abington,Massachusetts​

born 23.2.1946 Weymouth,Massachusetts​

son of Walter L. and Rosella (nee Balentine) Fitts,Abington,Massachusetts​

husband of Victoria M. Fitts,39 Bradford Street,Abington,Massachusetts​

entered service 18.1.1966 Boston,Massachusetts​

basic training,Fort Dix,New Jersey​

AIT,Fort Gordon,Georgia​

airborne training​

6 SF Group (Company B) March 1967 - August 1968​

5 SF Group (MACV-SOG) September 1968​

KIA when Vietnamese CH-34 helicopter shot down east of Tchepone,Laos​

body not recovered​

declared dead 15.1.1975 as Staff Sergeant​

remains found 26.3.1989 (2 teeth identified)​

buried 23.3.1990 in communal grave​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 37 W Line 10​

memorial at​

Mount Vernon Cemetery,Abingdon,Plymouth County,Massachusetts ​

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