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JOHN PENA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1943 – March 24, 1967
Service recordJohn Pena, of Montezuma, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS DET USAD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Montezuma, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 38
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD PERRYCorporal · March 24, 1967
- ROBERT B PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
From Montezuma
- BENJAMIN JOHN BENAVIDEZSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
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.