Pittman, James, COL

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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Service Branch
Medical Service Corps (Officer)
Current/Last Primary MOS
67D-Behavioral Sciences
Current/Last MOS Group
Medical Service
Primary Unit
2003-2005, 67D, US Army AMEDD Center & School (Staff) Fort Sam Houston, TX
Previously Held MOS
11H10-Infantry Direct Fire Crewman
11B20-Infantryman
11B30-Infantryman
11B10-Infantryman
04B-Translator-Interpreter
Service Years
1968 - 2005
Other Languages
German
Korean
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Voice Edition
Medical Service Corps (Officer)
Colonel
Five Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

1st Aviation Brigade 4th Infantry Division 82nd Airbone Division Special Forces Group

US Army Vietnam VII Corps I Field Force, Vietnam Army Physical Fitness Badge

Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Army Honorable Discharge (1984-Present)


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne Recon Sniper AMEDD Center and School Instructor Badge

Cold War Medal Order of Military Medical Merit Cold War Veteran MACV Recondo Patch

USPA Wings Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration American Advisor (Vietnam) Global War On Terror

South Vietnam Special Forces


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
4th Infantry Division Association Post 245Army Together We ServedMilitary Order of the Purple Heart
82nd Airborne Division Association
  2000, 4th Infantry Division Association
  2004, American Legion, Post 245 (Member) (Cross Plains, Wisconsin) - Chap. Page
  2013, Army Together We Served
  2014, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
  2014, 82nd Airborne Division Association - Assoc. Page


   1969-1970, 11B20, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry

Specialist 4
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June / 1970
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Specialist 4		 MOS
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Camp Enari, Camp Radcliff		State/Country
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 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Details

3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units 		Strength
Battalion
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Last Updated: Jul 7, 2018
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
John Kirgan
Sal Finochiaro
Philip Barney
Wayne Arnado

Best Moment
Working with the Jarai and Bahnar and supporting SF A-Dets.
   

Worst Moment
- Binh Tay 1
- 88 combat long range patrols
- Being ambushed - 5 dead
- Dealing with REMF's in the rear
- Malaria, shrapnel, bad guys in the night

Other Memories
Beauty of the jungle
Sounds of tigers in the night
Sounds of fuck you lizards and lifer birds.
Tiger, snake, and mosquito encounters
   
   
Yearbook
 
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3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry
Leon, Julio, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Alford, Jerry, SFC, (1961-1975) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Edwards, Gary, SSG, (1966-1969) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Eggleston, Richard, SSG, (1968-1970) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Geiger, Gary, SSG, (1968-1970) IN 11C40 Staff Sergeant
Parks, Ed, SSG, (1967-1969) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Williamson, Willie, SSG, (1967-1970) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Butt, Ken, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11C20 Sergeant
Deaton, Gary, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Harwood, Ronnie, SSG, (1969-1975) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Johnston, Ric, SGT, (1969-1970) IN 11C40 Sergeant
Lynn, Thomass, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11C20 Sergeant
Ness, Robert, SGT, (1967-1973) IN 11F40 Sergeant
Niedzielki, Marcus, SGT, (1969-1971) IN 11F10 Sergeant
Valunas, Michael, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11F40 Sergeant
White, James, SGT, (1967-1970) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Stelzer, Curtis Edwin, CPL, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Corporal
Graves, Stephen, SP 5, (1968-1970) IN 11F10 Specialist 5
Fields, Charlie, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Gossett, Ronald, SP 4, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Munson, Ronald Lee, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Payne, Robert, SP 4, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Rick, William, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B40 Specialist 4
Savedra, Roger, SP 4, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Todd, Joe, SP 4, (1964-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Wojtyna, Robert Anthony, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Brandt, Gearold Lee, PFC, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Collins, Rodney Ray, PFC, (1969-1969) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Koval, Robert Gary, PFC, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Searles, Jeffrey Paul, PFC, (1969-1970) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Walters, Michael Arthur, PFC, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Woods, Jim, MAJ, (1966-1987) IN 1542 Captain
Babcock, William, COL, (1968-2006) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Hoffman, Richard, LTC, (1966-1996) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Kiser, Chuck, CW3, (1966-1991) QM 76Y40 Staff Sergeant
Fleming, Phillip Harry, SP 4, (1968-1969) SC 36K10 Specialist 4
Somers, Glenn, SP 4, (1967-1969) AR 000 Specialist 4
Wayman, Donald Michael, PFC, (1968-1969) AG 71H10 Private First Class
Todd, Joe, SP 4, (1964-1970) IN Specialist 4
Griffith, Robert Elwin, 1LT, (1966-1969) First Lieutenant
Adams, Ronald, LTC, (1968-1992) Second Lieutenant
Rivera, Joe Lewis, CPL, (1969-1970) Corporal
Horton, Barry Devere, SP 4, (1967-1969) Specialist 4
Kelly, Larry Morgan, PFC, (1968-1970) Private First Class
Gooding, Orange, SFC, (1950-1969) Sergeant First Class
Gooding, Orange, SFC, (1950-1969) Sergeant First Class
Flowers, Ralph Eugene, PFC, (1968-1969) Corporal
Karas, William James, PFC, (1969-1969) Corporal
Karas, William James, PFC, (1969-1969) Corporal
Force, Rodger Dennis, SP 4, (1968-1969) Specialist 4
Force, Rodger Dennis, SP 4, (1968-1969) Specialist 4
Knox, Leonard Wayne, SP 4, (1968-1970) Specialist 4
A Company
Elder, Howard Lee, SGT, (1969-1970) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Pickens, Johnnie, SGT, (1969-1970) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Robinson, George Ray, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Applebury, Melvin Lynn, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Dougherty, Lon, SP 4, (1969-1970) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Lail, Vernon Eugene, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Neal, Charlie Thomas, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B20 Specialist 4

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