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JOHN JOSEPH PALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 5, 1944 – April 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Pall, of Montvale, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Montvale, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 43
- PABLO DEMEO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- BENNY M SANTISTEVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID THOMAS CONNORSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 39
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 41
- DONALD LAVEREN STILESSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 41
- ROBERT GLYNN QUICKSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 42
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 43
From Montvale
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JRSergeant · June 27, 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.