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CARLOS ALBERTO PEDROSA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – October 26, 1972
Service recordCarlos Alberto Pedrosa, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 84
- ROBERT W HAAKENSON JRAirman · October 24, 1972
- KEVEN ZANE GOODNOStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1972
- MELVIN EDWARD WOLFECorporal · October 26, 1972
- JAMES WAYNE HALLLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1972
Same unit, same day
- KEVEN ZANE GOODNOStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 84
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.