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GAVIN WILLIAM PILTON
Major · U.S. Army
May 23, 1941 – March 15, 1972
Service recordGavin William Pilton, of Edgewood, Rhode Island, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Edgewood, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 114
- RAYMOND F ANTHONY JRLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1972
- BRUCE DALE JONESSergeant · March 9, 1972
- JOHN EDWARD GREENECaptain · March 13, 1972
- ARTHUR HANS HARDYCaptain · March 14, 1972
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.