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JOHN DENIS PETERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Denis Peters, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 11
- DONALD STEVEN PALMOREPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- ARTHUR M PARKER IIICaptain · May 29, 1968
- FREDERICK JOSEPH PERKINSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- JUAN ANGEL ELIASSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 5
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 6
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 9
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 10
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 11
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 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.