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BERYL GENE PETERS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1945 – January 6, 1970
Service recordBeryl Gene Peters, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 5
- RUSSELL WILLIAM KAYSERCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JOSEPH ALFRED LOZANOCorporal · January 6, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEYSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
- EARL WILLIAM MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.