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PHILLIP CHRIS PETSOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – July 14, 1969
Service recordPhillip Chris Petsos, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 120
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 120
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · July 14, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.