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EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – April 11, 1971
Service recordEdward Percy Pilkington, of Clayton, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 119
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Clayton, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 119
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- PIUS LEO MILLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- KENNETH EDWARD MIMSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 117
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From Clayton
- BURLON TALMAGE HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
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.