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FRANCOIS ACHILLE PETERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – June 21, 1968
Service recordFrancois Achille Peterson, of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 15
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · June 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.