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KENNETH DALE PETTIGREW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – May 21, 1969
Service recordKenneth Dale Pettigrew, of Redding, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 66
- ROBERT EUGENE GOODNERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH HAVERLAND JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES E HAWKINS JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.