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JOHN CHARLES PEEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1946 – September 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Peel, of Bradford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 85
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Bradford, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 85
- STEPHEN JOHN MELNICKSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NELLANSMajor · September 17, 1967
- CLYDE EVERTTE PAUL JRSergeant · September 17, 1967
From Bradford
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · December 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.