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RUSSELL ALFORD PEDERSEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordRussell Alford Pedersen, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 28
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DAVID OLIVER PAINTERStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · Panel 44W, Line 33
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.