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EARL ARCHER PEAK
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
January 11, 1920 – January 16, 1970
Service recordEarl Archer Peak, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 39
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1920
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 39
- JESSE DEFOREST CANFIELDSpecialist Four · January 16, 1970
- CARLTON F MCCAGG JRSpecialist Four · January 16, 1970
- KENNETH CHARLES MCTIERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1970
- BRIAN JOSEPH OCALLAGHANFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYLE BLOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 37
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.