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FLOYD WILLIAM PETTIE III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1943 – April 12, 1968
Service recordFloyd William Pettie III, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 38
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 38
- DOUGLAS RICHARD WEIHERSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- RAYMOND ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM ATHERTONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROLAND LEE BALLEWPrivate · April 13, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.