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GREGORY LEE PEFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – January 22, 1971
Service recordGregory Lee Peffer, of North Aurora, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- North Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 61
- HUGH DANIEL OPPERMANSergeant · January 22, 1971
- MICHAEL HARRIS PETTYSergeant · January 22, 1971
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHOSSOWSergeant · January 22, 1971
- WILLIAM HERMAN SEABORN JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVID BEANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 60
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.