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LORENZO RICHARD PETTIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordLorenzo Richard Pettis, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. 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 35
- ALFREDO OCHOA JRPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- GEORGE MERRITT PAGE JRAirman · June 12, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD PALMIERIPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DENNIS CLATFELTERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 31
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 34
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.