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JOHN THOMAS PETTITT SR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1943 – November 6, 1970
Service recordJohn Thomas Pettitt SR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 43
- GARY DON MCMILLINSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
- HERBERT HUBERT MOORESergeant · November 6, 1970
- DONALD RAYMOND SOLESLance Corporal · November 6, 1970
- CHARLES VINCENT DONOHOECaptain · November 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILL DANNY BILLINGSSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 42
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.