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GAYLORD DEAN PETERSEN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 18, 1937 – September 11, 1967
Service recordGaylord Dean Petersen, of San Leandro, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator-Bombardier (1525Z)
- Born
- January 18, 1937
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 57
- DALLAS RATLIFFSergeant · September 11, 1967
- GLENN REVELLELance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN SCRITCHFIELDLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- TALMADGE WAYNE CARNELLPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.