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JOSEPH CRAIG PETERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – November 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph Craig Peters, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 102
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 102
- GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JRSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT MARION NEWBERGSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- ROGER STEVEN POWERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDENStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 97
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 98
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 98
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 99
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 99
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 100
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · Panel 16W, Line 101
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 101
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 103
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.