This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8571 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest Ca Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: A-3, Sec. 22, Blk. 3 Interred: John A. Pinney Color: Cauc Age: 20 years, 9 months, 9 days Place of birth: Unknown Date of birth: May 7, 1948 Sex: M Place of death: Vietnam Date of death: Feb. 16, 1969 Name and address of undertaker: U.S. Army Mortuary, OARB Note: Date of birth in funeral home record does not match headstone Desert Memorial Park Block 3, Row I, Space 35 Headstone: John Scott Pinney California Sgt Co C 12 Cav 1 Air Cav Div Vietnam May 7, 1942 Feb. 16, 1969 BSM & OLC AM-2 PH Standard military headstone, metal raised letters Note: BSM stands for Bronze Star Medal, OLC stands for Oak Leaf Cluster, AM-2 stands for two Air Medals, PH stands for Purple Heart I went to the cemetery and the headstone does read May 7, 1942 for birth information