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PEDRO ASCENCION DELORA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – August 7, 1969
Service recordPedro Ascencion Delora, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 107
- CARLOS BALDIZON-IZQUIERDOPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO CARRIONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JERALD MICHAEL HYATTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LEE BARTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 106
- LAWRENCE HENRY JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 108
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 109
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
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.