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WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – March 23, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ithel Pirkle, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- HOWARD GILBERT BENFORDSenior Master Sergeant · December 19, 1969
- RAYMOND EARL OTTSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · March 23, 1970
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 35
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.