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EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – September 18, 1965
Service recordEdgar Lewis Peterson JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 88
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
From Abilene
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
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.