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DAVID DOUGLAS PEOPLES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1952 – February 25, 1971
Service recordDavid Douglas Peoples JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1952
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 5
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · February 25, 1971
- EDWARD A JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODSCorporal · February 25, 1971
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.