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DUANE KENNETH PETERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1944 – November 17, 1969
Service recordDuane Kenneth Peterson, of Coffee Creek, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 89
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY II FF
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Coffee Creek, Montana (Fergus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 89
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIE DAVIS MCNEILCorporal · November 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PASTORINOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT PITTINGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.