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ERNEST DELBERT PEINA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordErnest Delbert Peina, of Zuni, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 52
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Zuni, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 52
- CHARLES ALBERT NOLAN JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- MANUEL GALVAN ORTIZSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE POWLESSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 45
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 48
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 49
- RAYMOND EDWARD LANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 50
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 44W, Line 51
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 44W, Line 53
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 53
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · Panel 44W, Line 54
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Zuni
- LUTHER ANDERSON GHAHATESpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
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.