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JOHN RICHARD PENMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Penman, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 98
- JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONESergeant · March 8, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 98
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.