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DONALD ACE PETTITT
Private · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – December 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Ace Pettitt, of Bellflower, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 18
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 18
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSEKSergeant · December 13, 1968
- ORLANDO ALBERTO SALASPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- ALAN CARROLL LOCKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- DURWARD GLENNIE MORSEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- WILLIAM EARL VANWEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 19
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 20
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
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.