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DENNIS WILLIAM PETERSON
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1939 – July 19, 1967
Service recordDennis William Peterson, of Huntington Park, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 19, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 2 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- June 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Huntington Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 92
- DONALD PAUL MCGRANEPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- NORMAN ARTHUR MEADCorporal · July 19, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 1967
From Huntington Park
- DAVID LUIS GALANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSONLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.