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JOHN ANTHONY PENNA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1945 – June 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Anthony Penna, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 108
- FLOYD H RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FRANCISCO LEO SAMSON JRCorporal · June 15, 1967
- ERNESTO SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.