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CHARLES H PILKINGTON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1946 – May 14, 1969
Service recordCharles H Pilkington JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 10
- FLOYD JUNIOR PARKSLance Corporal · May 14, 1969
- REESE MICHAEL PATRICKCaptain · May 14, 1969
- STEPHEN TUCKER PERRYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- STEVEN GENE PETTISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.