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PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordPhillip Wayne Pigford, of Mt Olive, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 30
- RICHARD LYLE PITZERCorporal · March 6, 1968
- VIC MANUEL PIZARROCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RONNIE CALVIN PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JEAN ANTHONY RAILLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 15
- CLINTON R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 16
- MELVIN B FENNPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 19
- DAVID JOHN LATRAILLESpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 29
- GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGHCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 34
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 35
From Mt Olive
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.