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JOHN L PENA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1948 – April 24, 1970
Service recordJohn L Pena, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 47
- WILLIAM P MCCONNAGHYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.