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ROBERT MERRITT PINNELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – March 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Merritt Pinnell JR, of Sussex, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Sussex, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 12
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD POLLOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- RAY ANTHONY RHODESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 2
- JAN JOSEPH GRABOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 3
- JACK DENNIS HANGERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 4
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 4
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 5
- JOE RITCHARD JORDANSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 6
- PETER SWINNERTON LARSONCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 6
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- PHILIP AARON MCNINCHPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 10
- ROBERT EGMEDIO OCAMPOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 11
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 12
- RAY ANTHONY RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SEPUTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
From Sussex
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WESLEY GEORGE DOTYFireman · September 12, 1968
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.