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JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1950 – February 21, 1969
Service recordJames William Pendergrass, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 72
- ISMAEL LAUREANO-LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN POWERSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- DALE EUGENE RAUBERSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 71
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 71
From Broken Arrow
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- GARY KEITH BARNETTSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 1970
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.