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WILTON STROUD PYLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1946 – May 29, 1969
Service recordWilton Stroud Pyle, of Morris, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Morris, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL PAULLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- CHARLES C PFORDT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
From Morris
- PETER CLARK TOWNESergeant · August 18, 1965
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.