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CARL JERROLD PETERSON
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 31, 1936 – April 2, 1969
Service recordCarl Jerrold Peterson, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 2, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- October 31, 1936
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 1
- DENNIS RICHARD KNOCHSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- VERNE ELDON LOCHNERStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
- CHARLES DENVER MOSSERCorporal · April 2, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES PERKINSStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.