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JOHN RANDALL PONTIERE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – June 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Randall Pontiere, of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Pitcairn, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 105
- DAVID ALAN PATTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS PAULINLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH PITRESergeant · June 7, 1969
- RONALD HARRY PORTERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 97
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 98
- STEPHEN EARL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 102
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 103
- MICHAEL WILLIAM OLEARYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 103
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 106
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 107
From Pitcairn
- DAVID CRAIG IIISpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS CORLECorporal · December 8, 1965
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.