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WAYNE ADOLPHUS PETTERSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1943 – June 17, 1967
Service recordWayne Adolphus Pettersen, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 125
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- WALLACE GREGORY NYEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- DENNIS SIGMUND PAZDANFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANDREW ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 118
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- ALAN WAYNE DENNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- JAMES MELVIN ELCHERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ROBERT TAYLOR HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 121
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 121
- SAMMY LEE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CHARLES WAYNE HOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 122
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 122
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MORROWSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 125
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.