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JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1946 – September 21, 1966
Service recordJames Lloyd Pettiford, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 130
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 130
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SEWELL JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
From Clairton
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 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.