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DARREL MONROE PICKETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1951 – September 9, 1970
Service recordDarrel Monroe Pickett, of Buckeye, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 50
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
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Buckeye, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 50
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- NICHOLAS C PETANOVICHFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1970
- ERNEST DEFOREST PETTYWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL SCRIVERLance Corporal · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARTIN LEROY BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 48
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 48
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 48
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 50
- ERNEST DEFOREST PETTYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 50
From Buckeye
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- GERONIMO LERMASpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · May 14, 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.