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JOHN CALVIN BETTIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1941 – May 24, 1967
Service recordJohn Calvin Bettis, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 93
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE NORMAN WELKSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- CLAYTON HENRY BYERS JRLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.