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JOE LEE PETERSON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – October 27, 1969
Service recordJoe Lee Peterson, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 124
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 124
- JAMES WAYNE HERRICK JRCaptain · October 27, 1969
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.