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JERALD WAYNE PENDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1933 – October 6, 1962
Service recordJerald Wayne Pendell, of Macomb, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Macomb, Illinois (Mcdonough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 12
- THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · October 6, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
From Macomb
- FRANK DANIEL GEORGEStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- RICHARD STEPHEN SLYFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FRAKESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1973
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.