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GEVIN PESCOZO PASTORES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordGevin Pescozo Pastores, of Oakland, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 46
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 46
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- WILLIE FRANK GREENCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DENNIS DALE GREERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GREGORY LEE HABETSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.