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JON DALE PETERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – April 1, 1969
Service recordJon Dale Peterson, of Shelley, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 104
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelley, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 104
- RONALD JAMES LONGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1969
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · April 1, 1969
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · April 1, 1969
- WILEY BARRY MOSSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARMELO DIAZ-ROMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 102
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 104
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 105
From Shelley
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 8, 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.