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JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – May 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph Anthony Pecora JR, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 20
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- VIRGIL LINDQUISTAirman Second Class · May 3, 1966
- ANGELO FRANCIS MICHELLISergeant First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 19
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 21
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 22
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.