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HUGH MICHAEL PETTIT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – April 10, 1971
Service recordHugh Michael Pettit, of Shannon, Mississippi, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 117
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)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Shannon, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 117
- ERIC MELVIN KELLYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 11, 1971
- WAYNE CARLOS BAGGETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- CLARENCE RICHARD FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · Panel 4W, Line 114
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 115
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 115
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 116
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.