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CARL ALFRED PETERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – August 10, 1969
Service recordCarl Alfred Peterson, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 125
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Winchendon, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 125
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT OZIMEKPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · August 10, 1969
- CHARLES ALTON POEPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY ALAN SCHONFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 122
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 123
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 125
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 125
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 127
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.