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CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – June 27, 1970
Service recordCharles Daniel Pedigo, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 99
- GERALD LEE MCDOWELLSergeant · June 27, 1970
- PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JRSergeant · June 27, 1970
- GARY MORGAN PRIDGENSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WALTERSCaptain · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 98
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 100
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.