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HOMER LEE PICKETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1935 – October 4, 1966
Service recordHomer Lee Pickett, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1935
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 46
- PHILLIP MILLERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RAYFORD JUNIOR MOSLEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 43
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 43
- HENRY LEE CREEKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 44
- SAM WEBSTER DAILYStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 44
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 44
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 45
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 45
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 46
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 46
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 47
- KENNETH WADE WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 48
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.