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GEORGE PENDLETON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1944 – June 4, 1966
Service recordGeorge Pendleton JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 8
- CLIFFORD LEROY ROBINSONSergeant First Class · June 4, 1966
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JOHN DARRELL SMITHLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 9
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 9
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.