Denzil Pettit
| Born | January 7, 1945 |
| Died | August 2, 1966 |
| Service Branch | Army |
| Rank | Private First Class |
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| Notes | Pfc. Denzil Pettit Jan. 7, 1945 - Aug. 2, 1966 Chico Denzil Pettit was nuts over automobiles. Raised in Southern California with his mother, he lived in Chico with his father for three years before the draft notice came. Pettit learned from his father—-who owns a truck repair business—how to work on diesel engines. The two pitched in together to buy a low truck, which the younger Pettit planned to make a livelihood from after the service. ‘He wanted to take the shop over. He was crazy about the shop and that tow truck,” his father said. In early 1965, however, Pettit was drafted. After basic and advanced infantry training, he was sent to Vietnam. On Aug. 2, 1966, after Pettit had been nine months in-country, his unit was jumped by the Viet Cong. When he ran out to retrieve a wounded buddy, he was shot and killed by a sniper. Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988
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| Sources | National Archives Chico News & Review |
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