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JERRY LEE PETERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordJerry Lee Peterson, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 21
- ANDREW LEE PRESLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- LEON SEARSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- LEO BRIAN SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 16
- MICHAEL LEWIS BERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 17
- JOHNNY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 21
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.