SGT William Pinkville

SGT William Pinkville

Dates of Service: Apr 1968 - Oct 1970
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teaches full-time every other year at Texas State University–San Marcos, teaches several workshops to MFA students in the creative writing program, won the 1979 National Book Award, and awarded the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award.

Military Experiences

Apr 1968 - Oct 1970
Tunnel Rat

Deployments

(1 year, 5 months)
Jun 1969 - Oct 1970
Vietnam ribbon
Vietnam War
"Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories."

Military Credentials

Certifications

Jun 2013

Pritzker Military Library Literature Award

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1963 - 1968

Political Science

Bachelor's Degree, Professional Writing

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