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HOWARD MACDONALD PYLE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordHoward Macdonald Pyle JR, of Pleasantville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 20
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 20
- HARVEY A PEAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD PLATTERSpecialist Five · August 12, 1969
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODUS MORRIS STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 25
From Pleasantville
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
- ANTHONY CAMERON SHINELieutenant Colonel · December 2, 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.