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JAMES THOMAS PENCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Pence, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 28
- MARK LEE KLINECorporal · February 13, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK MCKEONMajor · February 13, 1969
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- LYNN PATTINSON NAYLORPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 32W, Line 29
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · 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.