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JOE PENA JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1923 – September 20, 1970
Service recordJoe Pena JR, of Pearland, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1923
- Home of record
- Pearland, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD DEAN MCFARLANESpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE MCVEYLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GORDON KAYE GATHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 77
From Pearland
- MARGARITO FERNANDEZ JRSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
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.