GEORGE JOHN PASCALE

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/14/1969

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Oct 13, 1948
From: NEW HAVEN, CT
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 9, 1968
Casualty was on Jul 14, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was recovered

Panel 21W - Line 119

Specialist 4th Class George J. Pascale was killed in action while on a combat operation, when a booby trap detonated
at grid reference ZA032958, in Kontum Province approximately 3 kilometers north of Polei Kleng airfield.

George Pascale in Vietnam

George Pascale at the 6th Convalescent Center at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam while recovering
from wounds he received in action on April 5, 1969

SP4 George J. Pascale's decorations

The certificate for the Soldiers Medal awarded to George J. Pascale

The citation for the award of the Soldiers Medal to George J. Pascale
for a heroic life-saving act he performed the day he was killed

The certificate for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to George J. Pascale

The citation for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to George J. Pascale

Orders for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to George J. Pascale

The certificate for the award of the Purple Heart Medal to George J. Pascale
for wounds he received in action on April 5, 1969 signed by Major General Donn R. Pepke
Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division

George Pascale at the 6th Convalescent Center at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam while recovering
from wounds he received in action on April 5, 1969

The certificate for the award of the Purple Heart Medal to George J. Pascale
for the wounds which resulted in his death on July 14, 1969. This was the second
award of the Purple Heart Medal to SP4 Pascale.

from the Together We Served webpage

Burial:
Beaverdale Memorial Park
New Haven
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA

Grave marker for George John Pascale

Photo by Mona Rhone from the Find A Grave website

The 1st Battalion website is grateful to Ralph and Georgette Pascale for sharing photos and documents
of George J. Pascale so that we may honor the memory of this hero of our Battalion

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