Fitts, Charles Milton

Name: 1LT Charles Milton Fitts
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/11/1963 while performing the duty of Pilot Passenger.
Age at death: 30.1
Date of Birth: 11/21/1932
Home City: San Angelo, TX
Service: TC branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 93 TC CO
Major organization: other
Service: TC branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 01E-016
Short Summary: A/C from 57 TR Co crashed killing passengers Fitts, Donald Toth,

       and Lewis Stone. Pilots were Hammond & Wilde. Seven people killed.
Aircraft: CH-21C tail number 55-04220
Service number: O5405571
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: unknown
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: passenger
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew
Length of service: 08
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer

Seven men died when a CH-21C helicopter (hull number 55-04220) belonging to the 57th Transportation Company went down. The three crewmen were from the 57th; four passengers were from the 93rd Transportation Company.

· CW2 Lawrence Clair Hammond, aircraft commander, 57 TC CO

· CW2 Raymond Charles Wilde, co-pilot, 57 TC CO

· PFC Boyce Eugene Lawson, crew chief, 57 TC CO

· CPT Donald Bonney Toth, passenger, 93 TC CO

· 1LT Lewis Lynn Stone, passenger, 93 TC CO

· 1LT Charles Milton Fitts, passenger, 93 TC CO

· SP5 James Delmas Mc Andrew, passenger, 93 TC CO

On 25 June 1963, The 93rd Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) was redesignated the 121st Aviation Company and later was redesignated as the 121st Assault Helicopter Company (121st AHC).