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JOSEPH A PETRARCA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – March 17, 1969
Service recordJoseph A Petrarca, of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottdale, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 63
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- DEWEY JUNIOR RAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEON ROBINSONMaster Sergeant · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 59
- HAROLD PAUL DEGNERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 60
- RODGER LYNN GARLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 60
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 60
- ROBERT EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 61
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 62
- JOHN LEONARD RUETHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 62
- DEWEY JUNIOR RAYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 63
- FIRMAN ANDREW TITUSSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 64
- BERNARD ANTHONY ZAMBRANOPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
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.