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JOHN ROBERT PETTY JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1930 – October 26, 1965
Service recordJohn Robert Petty JR, of Gallatin, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 135
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 135
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- CARL WOODROW DEATONPetty Officer First Class · October 26, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- THOMAS PAUL MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1965
From Gallatin
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · January 8, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- ERIC THOMAS DUFFERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
- OLLIE EDWARD CRENSHAW JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1972
- RONALD DWIGHT PERRYCaptain · December 20, 1972
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.