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JAMES ALLEN PETTITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1946 – April 14, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Pettitt, of Louisville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 54
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY JULUI MICHALOWICZPrivate · April 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 52
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 2
From Louisville
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · June 6, 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.