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PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1941 – February 12, 1967
Service recordPatrick Henry Pettway II, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 21
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT LEON KINGSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- ROGER LYLE NIEMIPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 20
- JERRY PHILIP SETZERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.