Vietnam War
Unit | 5th Special Forces Group |
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Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Abington Massachusetts |
Date of Death | November 30 1968 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Staff Sergeant Fitts was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On November 30, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) over Laos at 4,000 feet when it was struck by a 37mm anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were recovered on March 26, 1989 and identified on December 20, 1989. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.