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ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordAlbert Eugene Peterson, of Milford, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Milford, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 17
- DARRELL G MARTINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · May 21, 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.