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DAVID BURTON PEGG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1948 – October 29, 1966
Service recordDavid Burton Pegg, of Ellicott City, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ellicott City, Maryland (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 128
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- THOMAS RESPRESSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
From Ellicott City
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GARY W HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS WOODROW MOORESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND ORITIZ NOVOSODCorporal · October 15, 1969
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.