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JOHN THEODORE PETERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1948 – September 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Theodore Peters, of Fairview, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 59
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairview, New Mexico (Rio Arriba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 59
- DONALD ALTON OBEYPrivate · September 14, 1968
- ROBERT PARKERLance Corporal · September 14, 1968
- CLAUDE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE PLUMMERSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.