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DONALD L PENDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1942 – February 26, 1967
Service recordDonald L Pender, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 99
- ARTHUR ALAN NIEDERMEIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- MATTHEW THEODORE ORTONCorporal · February 26, 1967
- STEVEN OWEN PERLEWITZCorporal · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY LELAND POWERSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- DANNY RAY REIGSTADPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 94
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- WARREN FRANCIS MUHRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 98
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 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.