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JOHN CABLE PETTY II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1942 – August 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Cable Petty II, of Larned, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Larned, Kansas (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 1
- GERALD LESLIE PERRYSergeant · August 13, 1966
- HARRY V PHILLIPS JRMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES R RICEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 131
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 133
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 2
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 2
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 3
From Larned
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1966
- WILLIAM MARVIN COMER JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 1, 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.