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CLARENCE WESLEY PILKENTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1942 – May 20, 1967
Service recordClarence Wesley Pilkenton, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- August 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROBERT ELGIN PAYNELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK POELINGPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS WYATT POORELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.