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JAMES ALLAN PETRIE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 6, 1945 – June 26, 1970
Service recordJames Allan Petrie, of Carlsbad, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 97
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
- WALLACE ROBERTSSergeant First Class · June 26, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN LEWIS PULLENPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 95
- DAVID JOHN MOYLANPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 96
- LAWRENCE LEE PETERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 96
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 97
From Carlsbad
- JAMES KIETH SANDERPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH BRIERLYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 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.