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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Homer Lefterage Pease.

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HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASE

Major · U.S. Army

May 18, 1929 – November 19, 1966

Service record

Homer Lefterage Pease, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 90

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
May 18, 1929
Home of record
Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 19, 1966
Age
37
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 90

From Johnson City

All 33 names from Johnson City →

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.