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LOUIS ALPHONSE PICHON JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1928 – March 24, 1967
Service recordLouis Alphonse Pichon JR, of Slidell, Louisiana, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Slidell, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWIN PLOWMANLieutenant Commander · March 24, 1967
- GARY LEE PREKKERCorporal · March 24, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN SHUHPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- WALTER KEITH SINGLETONSergeant · March 24, 1967
From Slidell
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- JACK EATONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CIRUTIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · March 31, 1969
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
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.