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HOWARD GREGORY PEOPLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – November 9, 1968
Service recordHoward Gregory Peoples, of Fayette, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 41
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayette, Alabama (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 41
- STEVEN DENNIS KRECHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- ROGER EDWARD WICHMANCaptain · November 9, 1968
From Fayette
- DAVIS UPTAINPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN CURTIS WHITESIDECorporal · August 13, 1969
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.