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JOE RUSSELL PECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJoe Russell Peck, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 14
- RANDALL JOHN NIGHTINGALEPetty Officer Second Class · March 17, 1968
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- LARRY JOE RODGERSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JLYNN ROSS JRStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL EUGENE CHILDERSCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 9
- HERMANN DOELGER-LANDIVARPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 10
- JLYNN ROSS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 14
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.