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JESSE JOSEPH PENA
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 9, 1949 – February 12, 1970
Service recordJesse Joseph Pena, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 3
- LARRY ROY PRYORLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- HAROLD RICHARD SCHULERLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- BOBBITT SCHWINTZLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ANGELO SIROUSAPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.