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GARY WAYNE PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – December 9, 1967
Service recordGary Wayne Peterson, of St Paul Park, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 70
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul Park, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 70
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FELIX DOHALTAHE BEGAYEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BIRCHCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JOHN NISHIMURAPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
From St Paul Park
- MARLYN RONALD ANDERSONCorporal · February 11, 1968
- MARK M STEELEYSergeant · April 25, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE CHRISTENSONSergeant · July 7, 1970
- RAYMOND CHARLES HUOT JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1970
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.