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JOHN FLOYD PETTIGREW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Floyd Pettigrew, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 90
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 90
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 1969
- PATRICK ONEAL MORIARTYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- JOSE YBARRA POLANCO JRSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WALKERSergeant · September 15, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.