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THOMAS VICTOR PILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1942 – February 26, 1969
Service recordThomas Victor Pilson, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 71
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JOHN RANDY TENNANTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE RAY TICESpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 74
From Waynesboro
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE BRENNANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · September 25, 1968
- STEPHEN BRIAN PUGHCorporal · September 29, 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.