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JOHN PEDDIE BATTERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – June 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Peddie Batterson JR, of Larchmont, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 84
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
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Larchmont, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 84
- JAMES JOHN AHRENSPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID BACASergeant · June 19, 1969
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- TROY BETHEASpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
From Larchmont
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KEATING JRMajor · May 22, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES HILLCorporal · July 14, 1968
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNAirman First Class · June 4, 1971
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.