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JEROME JOHN PEDICONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJerome John Pedicone, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 16
- JOHN MAC PAMPLINCorporal · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE PATELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- JAMES TERRY PAYNELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- EARNEST PERRYPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL JAMES DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 8
- ELMER MASON NANCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61E, Line 15
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.