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JOHNNY MACK PILSNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJohnny Mack Pilsner, of Alleyton, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 30
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Alleyton, Texas (Colorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 30
- BILLY WAYNE PETTISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPSCaptain · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP AVERY PRATTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS ROSESpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP AVERY PRATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 30
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.