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JOHN PRICE PICKETT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1946 – October 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Price Pickett, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 75
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 October 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 75
- RONALD CLEMENCE RUDOLPHChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1969
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · October 13, 1969
- JOHN MELVIN WHEELERCaptain · October 13, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 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.