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JOHN SCOTT PINNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1942 – February 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Scott Pinney, of Kern City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Kern City, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 46
- NELSON RAMIREZSeaman · February 16, 1969
- JACK LEE RIGHTMYERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- DENNIS LEROY RILEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID ROGERSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 42
From Kern City
- ERNEST FREDERICK DAVIDOVEPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
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.