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CARL HARMAN PETERS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – March 23, 1969
Service recordCarl Harman Peters JR, of Sylvania, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 20
- GREGORY EUGENE NEWMANSergeant · March 23, 1969
- DAVID DEWAYNE OVERSTREETPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- LOUIS BERNARD WANER IISpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From Sylvania
- FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS HERRONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.