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ORLAND JAMES PENDER JR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 23, 1944 – August 17, 1972
Service recordOrland James Pender JR, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on August 17, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 17, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1972. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 67
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
- JOHN RUSSELL PITZENCaptain · August 17, 1972
- GRADY THOMAS TRIPLETTFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1972
- CATALINO B ANTONIO JRSergeant · August 18, 1972
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 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.