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PETE SPRULE SEGUNDO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1946 – September 5, 1969
Service recordPete Sprule Segundo, of Oceano, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Oceano, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 43
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- DELBERT RAY SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1969
From Oceano
- DENNIS RAY DIEBALLSergeant · November 1, 1967
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.