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JAMES BIRCH PETTEYS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJames Birch Petteys, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 9
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 9
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- TED ERNEST MCCLINTOCKSergeant Major · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM CRAIG OLSONSergeant · January 15, 1969
- JERRY DOYLE PEARCELance Corporal · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · Panel 34W, Line 6
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 9
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 10
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 10
From Shippensburg
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- GARY LEE LININGERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- DONALD LEROY THOMASPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · July 7, 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.