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EDWARD LEE PENNINGTON
Captain · U.S. Army
September 2, 1942 – August 14, 1969
Service recordEdward Lee Pennington, of Phillips, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Phillips, Texas (Hutchinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 41
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS ROYSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 1969
From Phillips
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · October 13, 1965
- DAVID LYNN RECKPetty Officer Second Class · December 21, 1969
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.