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NICHOLAS C PETANOVICH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – September 9, 1970
Service recordNicholas C Petanovich, of Lompoc, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 50
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- ERNEST DEFOREST PETTYWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL SCRIVERLance Corporal · September 9, 1970
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
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.