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DAVID FRANCIS PEAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Francis Peak, of Hollandale, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist (44E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollandale, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 50
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DANA LEE RAGERPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.