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ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON JR
Major · U.S. Army
November 14, 1940 – July 19, 1971
Service recordAlbert Eugene Peterson JR, of Wadley, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 111
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Wadley, Georgia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 111
- ALTON JOHN HEBERTSergeant First Class · July 19, 1971
- NORMAN MAXIESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
- GERRY DON COULTSpecialist Four · July 22, 1971
From Wadley
- EDGAR LARUE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
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.