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DILLARD ERIC PETERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordDillard Eric Peterson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 1
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSONCorporal · April 19, 1968
- CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.