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CRAIG STEVEN PETTIT
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 29, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordCraig Steven Pettit, of Martinez, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinez, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 15
- JOSEPH DANIEL MCNEILCorporal · May 31, 1968
- GLENN NOBUYKI NISHIZAWASpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS POWELLSergeant · May 31, 1968
From Martinez
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · December 28, 1967
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINSLieutenant · March 4, 1971
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.