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STANLEY RUSSELL PETTIT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1948 – September 15, 1968
Service recordStanley Russell Pettit, of Liberty, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Liberty, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 66
- HAROLD ONEAL JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- EDDIE LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- JOAQUIN ROBLESCorporal · September 15, 1968
From Liberty
- ROBERT EUGENE BROWNINGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- DAVID GERALD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- JAMES DONNIE HOWELance Corporal · May 6, 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.