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JOE LOUIS PEAKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1937 – February 21, 1968
Service recordJoe Louis Peake, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 52
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- RICHARD PATRICK FRASCACorporal · February 21, 1968
- PAUL DELL HERSCHBACHSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RONALD HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 53
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 53
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 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.