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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles C Peterson.

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CHARLES C PETERSON

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

July 2, 1945 – December 22, 1967

Service record

Charles C Peterson, of Snohomish, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 32E · Line 46

Position of Panel 32E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
July 2, 1945
Home of record
Snohomish, Washington (Snohomish County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 22, 1967
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 32E, Line 46

Same unit, same day

From Snohomish

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.