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JOHN JOSEPH PINDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – August 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Pinder, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 71
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 71
- HOWARD WARNER JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- EUGENE CARL PACHECOPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EDWARD LEE RANKINPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JOHN SMITHSergeant · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 68
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROBERT WEST MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 70
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
From Bellerose
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 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.