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DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – October 1, 1969
Service recordDouglas Eugene Peterson, of Fairfield, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 95
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
- Regular
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 95
- WALIS WARREN GARSTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- CRAIG STEVEN GREENPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- RORY WILLIAM HUNTERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- HUEY LEE ISHMANPrivate · November 19, 1969
From Fairfield
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN FRAKESSergeant · August 16, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · May 3, 1970
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
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.