Mario was born in 1946. He passed away in 1966. Mario was the son of Lucille M. Curry of Monticello IN and Clayton H. Kitts; and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on December 27 1963 in Indianapolis IN. In Vietnam he was serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On March 5 Company B, attached to the 4th Marines for operation UTAH, was assigned to guard a downed helicopter near the Chau Ngai village complex in Song Ha District. The NVA launched a vicious attack on the Marines throughout the night, using automatic weapons, rocket propelled grenades and 60mm mortars. The Marines held their ground until help arrived in the morning with the enemy withdrawn from the battlefield the men gathered their casualties and completed evacuations of the wounded and the dead. One of the casualties was Cpl Kitts who was killed in action from a hostile gunshot wound.
Five Marines from Company B, were killed on Operation Utah, the 2d Battalion, 7th Marine casualties were forty-four men killed in action or died of wounds.
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Categories: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Purple Heart | National Defense Service Medal | Vietnam Service Medal | Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal | Killed in Action, United States of America, Vietnam War | 7th Marine Regiment, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War