The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David E Peters.

The Wall › Panel 9E › Wisconsin › David E Peters

DAVID E PETERS

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

June 18, 1944 – July 20, 1966

Service record

David E Peters, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9E · Line 49

Position of Panel 9E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
June 18, 1944
Home of record
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 20, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9E, Line 49

Same unit, same day

From Milwaukee

All 204 names from Milwaukee →

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.