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WILBERT GENE PENNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – February 21, 1967
Service recordWilbert Gene Pennell, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 70
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 68
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 68
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 69
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 69
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 71
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 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.