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WILLIAM GRANT PENDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Grant Pendley, of Carbon Hill, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 37
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Carbon Hill, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 37
- STEPHEN HERMAN LEWISLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- JOHN BOBBY MORENOSergeant · July 7, 1968
From Carbon Hill
- DANNY LANCE BARRONCorporal · August 5, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS HENDONSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.