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ERNEST FLOYD PETTY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1948 – July 5, 1967
Service recordErnest Floyd Petty, of Uehling, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Uehling, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 14
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROBERT PFLASTERERSergeant · July 5, 1967
- CARLOS MANUEL QUIROSSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- DANNY PAUL RIESBERGCorporal · July 5, 1967
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.