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JAMES PAUL PETTIEGREW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1952 – September 4, 1971
Service recordJames Paul Pettiegrew, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1952
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL WOODSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1971
- JOHN HENRY BATTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- BERNARD GUY J DILLENSEGERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- MARTIN WAYNE GRONBORG JRCaptain · September 4, 1971
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.