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ROBERT LEE PENDERGAST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – April 13, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Pendergast, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 1
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- LEWIS CHARLES OUELLETTESpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 129
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
- LESLIE JAMES WATSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 2
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 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.