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CHARLES H PETERSDORF JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 18, 1950 – July 25, 1968
Service recordCharles H Petersdorf JR, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 9
- IRVIN WILLIAM MOSLEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- GREGORY MICHAEL ROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 1968
- JACK RICHARD SANBORNSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 5
- MERVIN EDEN WALLACECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 11
- THURMAN WILLIAM WINSTONCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 11
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.