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Pvt Marlin Leroy Pigott

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Pvt Marlin Leroy Pigott Veteran

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
21 Oct 1950 (aged 19)
Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, North Korea
Burial
Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk. 31A-Lot 34-#2
Memorial ID
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KILLED IN ACTION KOREA
AIR DROP SUNCHON-SUKCHON
OPA-RI, NORTH KOREA

UNITED STATES ARMY
187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
I CO, 3RD BN

Killed by hostile enemy fire in North Korea.
PVT MARLIN LEROY PIGOTT
187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
I CO 3 BN
REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)
DATE OF LOSS: OCTOBER 21, 1950
SERVICE NUMBER: RA13346056
BORN: NOVEMBER 17, 1930
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
BALTIMORE (CITY) COUNTY
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: AIR DROP SUNCHON - SUKCHON
TOWN OR AREA: OPA-RI
BURIAL LOCATION
MEADOWRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK, ELKRIDGE, MD

Comments: Private Pigott was a member of the 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 21, 1950.

Private Pigott was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 23575

See Memorial #64505813 for final interment.
Marlin Leroy Pigott
KILLED IN ACTION KOREA
AIR DROP SUNCHON-SUKCHON
OPA-RI, NORTH KOREA

UNITED STATES ARMY
187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
I CO, 3RD BN

Killed by hostile enemy fire in North Korea.
PVT MARLIN LEROY PIGOTT
187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
I CO 3 BN
REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)
DATE OF LOSS: OCTOBER 21, 1950
SERVICE NUMBER: RA13346056
BORN: NOVEMBER 17, 1930
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
BALTIMORE (CITY) COUNTY
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: AIR DROP SUNCHON - SUKCHON
TOWN OR AREA: OPA-RI
BURIAL LOCATION
MEADOWRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK, ELKRIDGE, MD

Comments: Private Pigott was a member of the 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 21, 1950.

Private Pigott was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 23575

See Memorial #64505813 for final interment.
Marlin Leroy Pigott

Inscription

Maryland
PVT Co C 39 INF 9 INF Div
Korea PH

Gravesite Details

Son of Ralph J. & Betha Elizabeth Brock Pigott.


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  • Created by: Jdrhook
  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64505813/marlin_leroy-pigott: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Marlin Leroy Pigott (17 Nov 1930–21 Oct 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64505813, citing Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Jdrhook (contributor 47204610).