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JOSE ANTHONY PABEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJose Anthony Pabey, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 48
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · September 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- PRINIS WILSON ORSOLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE OWENSPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 49
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.