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EUGENE PETTY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 25, 1945 – September 12, 1967
Service recordEugene Petty, of Farmersville, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 62
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 504 SIG CO USARV
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Farmersville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 62
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE MCCADENStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- ALAN EVERETT PILONCorporal · September 12, 1967
- MARLIN LADON PRICELance Corporal · September 12, 1967
From Farmersville
- DANIEL ERIC GOLDSMITHSergeant · May 26, 1968
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.