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DELBERT RAY PETERSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 11, 1939 – March 9, 1966
Service recordDelbert Ray Peterson, of Maple Plain, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 9, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 133
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1043Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 ACS
- Born
- May 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Maple Plain, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 9, 1966
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 133
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD PEREALance Corporal · March 9, 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.