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DAVID ALLEN PENDELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1948 – December 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Pendell, of Williamston, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Channel Equipment Repairer (2831)
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamston, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 60
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
- DONALD RAY ROSESpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- MONTE LEWIS STAMMPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
From Williamston
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WALTER O ESTESLieutenant Commander · November 19, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD CONSAVAGEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
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.