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PEDRO SANCHEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1949 – December 10, 1968
Service recordPedro Sanchez JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 83
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- MELVIN DOUGLAS NELSONSergeant · December 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO RUDONLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
- BOBBY CLYDE SNYDERSergeant · December 10, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.