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JAMES EARL PETTIJOHN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1950 – October 19, 1969
Service recordJames Earl Pettijohn, of Eau Gallie, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Eau Gallie, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 91
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- EDWARD STEPHEN KOCHSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- PETER JAMES MOLDENHAUERLance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- JOHN PAUL SOUTHWICKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
From Eau Gallie
- PATRICK EDWARD WYNNEMajor · August 8, 1966
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SALMELACorporal · May 13, 1968
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- REGINALD MARK SATERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.