GREEN BERETS Pilkington, Carl Edward,Sr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pilkington ​

• FORENAME

Carl Edward,Sr ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company B,Det B-23) ​

• RANK

Command Sergeant Major ​

• NUMBER

46070335​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th April 1969 ​

• AGE

41 ​

• GRAVESITE

Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens,Mount Vernon,Jefferson County,Illinois​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Mount Vernon,Illinois​

born 11.10.1927 Cleveland,Oklahoma​

son of Rosa Olive (nee Birkner,formerly Pilkington) Kelley,Mount Vernon,Illinois (husband J. Reuel Kelley)​

son of late George Everett Pilkington (1902-36)​

husband of Norma L. (nee Heskett) Pilkington,Mount Vernon,Illinois (1926-2003) (married 27.6.1946) (2 children Linda and Carl Edward,Jr)​

son (1947-2009) was serving as Sgt in Special Forces at time of his father's death​

entered service 1945 (served in WW2)​

22 years service (14 in Special Forces)​

82 Airborne Division​

3 SF Group 1968​

5 SF Group 1969​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters​

WIA/DOW aboard Huey helicopter enroute from A-239,Duc Lap to B-23,Ban Me Thuot,Phuoc Long Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 26W Line 49 ​

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