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WILTON RAY PICKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1941 – January 9, 1968
Service recordWilton Ray Pickett, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 815 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 10
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- TONY JOHN QUITMEYERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 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.