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DUANE ARVID PETERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – May 5, 1970
Service recordDuane Arvid Peterson, of Isanti, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 105
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Isanti, Minnesota (Isanti County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 105
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · May 5, 1970
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES LEE PULLAMCorporal · May 5, 1970
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
From Isanti
- DAVID PAUL OKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN HAKESWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1971
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.