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ALBERT JAMES PETERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1945 – March 24, 1968
Service recordAlbert James Peters, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Bogalusa, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 11
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE ROBERT RAYMONDLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- JOHN BATTISTE REALE IIIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
From Bogalusa
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- RICHARD EARL TONEYSergeant · February 22, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
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.