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Jerald Lee Pinneker
Lieutenant (junior grade)
VA-144, CVW-5, USS TICONDEROGA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET United States Navy Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 29, 1940 to March 20, 1966 JERALD L PINNEKER is on the Wall at Panel 6E, Line 26 |
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The U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1963 honors Jerald Pinneker and the other twelve fallen classmates on the Wall at its website . Please visit "Last Call".
From a friend and classmate at USNA, |
A Note from The Virtual WallOn 20 March 1966 the TICONDEROGA was providing air support in southern South Vietnam. A section of A-4s was called in to attack a VC troop concentration near Vinh Binh, in the Mekong Delat about 25 miles south of Saigon. LTJG Pinneker, flying wing in A-4C BuNo 145081, was cleared in for his second run, released napalm cannisters - and flew on until he hit a grove of trees, whereupon the aircraft disintegrated. The cause of the crash was unknown, although it was suspected that Pinneker may have been hit by ground fire or his aircraft damaged to the point he was unable to pull up. |
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