AIR COMMANDO 2 Pitches, James Sutherland (Jim)

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Pitches
  • FORENAME
James Sutherland (Jim)
  • UNIT
4 Special Operations Squadron (14 S.O. Wing)
  • RANK
Captain
  • NUMBER
128287327
  • DATE OF DEATH
1st September 1969
  • AGE
32
  • GRAVESITE
Mount Hope Cemetery,Yonkers,Westchester County,New York​
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Yonkers,New York
born 1.6.1937
son of David H. and Mrs (nee Kerr) Pitches,17 Cross Hill Avenue,Yonkers,New York
husband of Joan Eba (nee Wilson) Pitches,250 North Broadway,Yonkers,New York (married 30.7.1960) (4 children Laurie Elizabeth,David Wilson,Jill Victoria and John S.)
attended School 5,Yonkers
graduated Gorton High School
graduated University of New Hampshire
14 years service
entered service 1959 (?)
attended Clarkson College,Potsdam,New York
awards Air Force Commendation Medal,Air Medal
promoted Major posthumously
former 3 Special Operations Squadron
navigator (AC-47D 43-49021)
KIA 20 miles east of Bien Hoa,Long Khanh Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 18W Line 21
 

DATE OF DEATH:

01-Sep-1969
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