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JOE PALMER PEDERSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1935 – June 23, 1970
Service recordJoe Palmer Pederson, of Seaside, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 85
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 23, 1970
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 85
- JOHN JAMES MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM MCLAURENSergeant First Class · June 23, 1970
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 85
- JAMES MILAN ROZOSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 86
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
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.