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CARL ROBERT PETERSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – January 5, 1969
Service recordCarl Robert Petersen, of Watertown, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Watertown, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 40
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE SIPPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GREGORY HALE STANCILPrivate · January 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 39
- HORACE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 39
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 41
From Watertown
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
- SAMUEL HENRY GRAHAM IISergeant · April 27, 1966
- PETER WILLIAM BOORASPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- JOHN STEPHEN SAYERFirst Lieutenant · December 10, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS MARTINLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY MULDOVANLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
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.