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DENNIS NEWELL PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1951 – March 29, 1972
Service recordDennis Newell Peterson, of Beldenville, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1972, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 122
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Beldenville, Wisconsin (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1972; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 122
- RICHARD CONROY HALPINCaptain · March 29, 1972
- CURTIS DANIEL MILLERMajor · March 29, 1972
- MERLYN LEROY PAULSONMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- EDWIN JACK PEARCEChief Master Sergeant · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- LARRY BATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 121
- KENNETH RICHARD VOSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 123
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.