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PAUL PATRICK PENNINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1943 – June 6, 1966
Service recordPaul Patrick Pennington, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 15
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- RICK LEE KNIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1966
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MAXIMO PAULITE FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 14
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.