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CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
October 11, 1927 – April 25, 1969
Service recordCarl Edward Pilkington SR, of Mt Vernon, Illinois, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 49
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 11, 1927
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 49
- WILLIAM C MCCORMICK JRLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1969
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL ORNELASPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS PATRONELance Corporal · April 25, 1969
From Mt Vernon
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- LEONARD JEFFREY RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.