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ROY ANDREW PETTY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – May 17, 1970
Service recordRoy Andrew Petty JR, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 58
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
- Clerk (71A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 58
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 1970
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1970
- DANIEL HAROLD MUNIZPrivate · May 17, 1970
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 56
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 58
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.