{"id":18727,"date":"2024-03-29T14:16:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=petty-jerrick-mcken"},"modified":"2024-05-13T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T01:35:28","slug":"petty-jerrick-mcken","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=petty-jerrick-mcken","title":{"rendered":"Petty, Jerrick Mcken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 12\/10\/2003<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Private 1st Class<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Army<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"221\" data-id=\"25637\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PFC-Jerrick-M-Petty.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25637\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PFC Jerrick Petty was assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY. He was killed on December 10th, 2003 when his position guarding a gas station was attacked by enemy forces in Mosul, Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerrick made it his mission to look out for others. When he was ten years old he beat up neighborhood bullies who were picking on other children. In high school he screened his little sisters\u201f suitors to make sure they were good people. Jerrick joined the Army to earn more money to support his young family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe last thing he said to me was,\u00a0 \u2018I love you Dad\u201f,\u201d his father, Jerald Petty said. \u201cAnd the last thing I said to him was, \u2018I love you, son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerrick was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[100],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-18727","casualty","type-casualty","status-publish","hentry","casualty-operation-operation-iraqi-freedom","casualty-tag-idaho-casualty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/18727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/casualty"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/18727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25639,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/18727\/revisions\/25639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=18727"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=18727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}