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DONALD MARTIN PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Martin Peterson, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 3
- DAVID LEE KRIGHospitalman · May 15, 1967
- REINALDO SALVADOR ORTIZCorporal · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOSSergeant · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LONGORIA SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 1
- ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOSSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 3
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
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.