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CORNELIUS PETTEYS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – September 1, 1969
Service recordCornelius Petteys, of Wynantskill, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Wynantskill, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 21
- RAYMOND GEORGE PARKSSpecialist Four · September 1, 1969
- JAMES SUTHERLAND PITCHESMajor · September 1, 1969
- FRED WINSTON SMITHStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY EDMONSONCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 19
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.