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WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1940 – October 6, 1965
Service recordWilliam Dennis Pinegar, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · October 6, 1965
- BILLIE MAC CASTLEBERRYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1965
- RONALD KEITH ASHLance Corporal · October 8, 1965
- MICHAEL GEORGE BRANCATOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 1966
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.