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DAVID BRUCE PETERSON
Captain · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – March 21, 1969
Service recordDavid Bruce Peterson, of Bellflower, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 1
- CHARLES FRANCIS ORLOWSKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT EMMETT PIERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- LEONARD LEE PRESTON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN D ASHLEY IISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 96
- ROBERT ALAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 101
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 103
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 104
- ROBERT EMMETT PIERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 1
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 1
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 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.