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JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1945 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJoseph Thomas Pigeon JR, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HUBERT WILLIAM MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- ARTHUR WILLIAM MEYERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- STEVEN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CHARLES STEELESpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 23
- DANIEL EDWARD WARKCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 24
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
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.