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BOBBY GENE PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – July 27, 1967
Service recordBobby Gene Peterson, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 9
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · July 27, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- BRUCE MERLE PATTERSONEnsign · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 4
- JOHN CARL BIONDILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 5
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 6
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 8
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · Panel 24E, Line 9
- ERNEST PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- JAMES RUSSELL POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- RICHARD JOSEPH WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 11
- WILLIAM GAZARDSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 21
From Idaho Falls
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 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.