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JOHN ARTHUR PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1947 – May 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Arthur Peterson, of Brookings, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 6
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Brookings, South Dakota (Brookings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 6
- JAY DARWIN MCLAINLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- STANLEY TRACY MELVINPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MONAHONLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- DONALD RAY RYBOLTAirman Second Class · May 28, 1967
From Brookings
- JOSEF LLOYD THORNEFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS BIBBYCorporal · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · November 2, 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.