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JAMES WARDEN PELTIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordJames Warden Peltier, of De Witt, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 127
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1947
- Home of record
- De Witt, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 127
- HIGINIO OVALLE OVIEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- NATHAN EDDLOW PEACOCK JRStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR POPPPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
From De Witt
- JOHN FRANCO RUIZSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
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.