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ELIAS BENSON PEALER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1950 – May 8, 1970
Service recordElias Benson Pealer JR, of Newington, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Newington, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- PETER FRANCIS NOLANSpecialist Five · May 8, 1970
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1970
From Newington
- ROBERT EDWARD KASPERPetty Officer Third Class · March 7, 1967
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- PETER GIBNEY MORIARTYCaptain · March 22, 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.