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JOHN THOMAS PEEK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Peek, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 21
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 45W, Line 21
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- JOHN PAUL NOWICKIStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- STEVE MASAO OHARASpecialist Four · September 1, 1968
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 1969
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.