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JOSEPH MARION PILOTTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – March 13, 1970
Service recordJoseph Marion Pilotte, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 123
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 123
- DAVID WAYNE MARTINPrivate · March 13, 1970
- DARWIN STUART PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAY ROESTSergeant · March 13, 1970
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.