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JOHN ANTHONY PETRIC
Major · U.S. Army
May 2, 1937 – March 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Petric, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 15
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1937
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH MEYERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1969
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 14
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.