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ROBERT HAROLD PETTIT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1944 – April 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Harold Pettit, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 17E, Line 106
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- LEONARD IRVIN MOORELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- THOMAS AQUINAS PARKERPetty Officer First Class · April 5, 1967
- DANIEL GARRY PATRICKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.