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RUSSELL THOMAS PICKERING
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – December 2, 1969
Service recordRussell Thomas Pickering, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 19
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 19
- LYLE FRANCIS KELLCorporal · December 2, 1969
- EDWARD LEON NEALSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- FRANCISCO M TRUJILLOCorporal · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CROCKETT HOWZEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 17
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.