Dennis Irwin Pedersen
Era: Vietnam
Military Branch: Army
PEDERSEN, Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin Pedersen, was born on March 31st 1947, the son of Irwin M. & Edna Bernice Pedersen in Duluth, Minnesota. He was a 1965 graduate of Morgan Park High School in Morgan Park, Minnesota.
Mr. Pedersen joined the U.S. Army in January 10th 1967, and he had been in Vietnam since June 1967. He was assigned Company A, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He rose to the rank of Specialist Fourth Class (SPC4).
SPC Pedersen role was that of a radioman who was two weeks short of completing his tour of duty in the Army in 1968. He died on May 15th 1968, from wounds received in combat in Gia Dinh, Hồ Chí Minh Municipality, of South Vietnam. He was twenty-one years old. His body was recovered and was returned home and buried at Oneote Cemetery in Duluth. He is also honored with his name etched into the wall at the National Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.
He is survived by his parents; his sister, Mrs. Carol Loomis, Minneapolis; his brother, Greg, Duluth; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ingall Pedersen, Duluth.
Source(s): Duluth News Tribune, May 22, 1968, and a member of his company.
Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center | Veterans Memorial Hall (vets-hall.org)
Vietnam Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Fold3
Spec Dennis Irwin Pedersen (1947-1968) - Find a Grave Memorial
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 - Ancestry.com
