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JAMES PETER HARTEAU
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1945 – April 6, 1966
Service recordJames Peter Harteau, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 April 6, 1966; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 89
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS KRECHPetty Officer First Class · April 6, 1966
From Waukesha
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 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.