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ROBERT HARRISON PILK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1945 – June 19, 1970
Service recordRobert Harrison Pilk, of Wewahitchka, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Wewahitchka, Florida (Gulf County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 70
- FRED STEVEN SMARTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN STEELESergeant · June 19, 1970
- RONALD RICHARD STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
From Wewahitchka
- FRED EMERY LANDSergeant · August 18, 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.