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JOHN CHARLES PENNINGTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1945 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Pennington, of Roy, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 13
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
- Photographer (4631)
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Roy, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 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
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 13
- CHARLES WELDON HAMMONDSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- PETER PEREZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD PRINGLESergeant · June 9, 1968
From Roy
- PATRICK JACKSON SMITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- FRED JOHN PINSONAULTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · March 17, 1970
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.