James Henry Petty

Korean War
Service #AO-1909758
Unit7 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB GP
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathSeptember 6 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Petty was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Petty was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On September 6, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft crashed off Ashiya, Japan. He was listed as Missing in Action.