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GALEN DEAN PETERSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – June 27, 1966
Service recordGalen Dean Petersen, of Loma Linda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Loma Linda, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 101
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- EDWARD KENNETH PARESAPlatoon Sergeant · June 27, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- JOHN STUART SEELEYCaptain · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 100
From Loma Linda
- BRAD JOHN SZUTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.