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JACK WALTER PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – June 23, 1967
Service recordJack Walter Peterson, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 55
- SAM RAYMOND JONESSergeant · June 23, 1967
- EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JRMajor · June 23, 1967
- ELLIS A MCBRIDE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 53
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 53
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 54
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 54
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.