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JAMES JOSEPH PASTORE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – April 9, 1970
Service recordJames Joseph Pastore JR, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 115
- CHARLES BROOKS PFAFFMANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1970
- WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 1970
- WILLIAM HARRY SMITHLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.