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CHARLES HENRY PETERS
Commander · U.S. Navy
January 30, 1927 – July 1, 1966
Service recordCharles Henry Peters, of West Point, Nebraska, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 1, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 116
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
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- January 30, 1927
- Home of record
- West Point, Nebraska (Cuming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 116
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- BENJAMIN ORNELASSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
From West Point
- ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- KENNETH LEE JOHNSONAirman First Class · April 26, 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.