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ERNEST DEFOREST PETTY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – September 9, 1970
Service recordErnest Deforest Petty, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 25
- 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
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · 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
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 50
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.