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JOSEPH JAMES PETERLICH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph James Peterlich, of Antigo, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 16
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Antigo, Wisconsin (Langlade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 16
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1968
- DONALD KEITH RAHNPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1968
From Antigo
- THOMAS EARL DOBRINSKASecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1968
- WILLIAM LEDFOR CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LARRY JAMES LEINDECKERSeaman · April 30, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE BENISHEKCorporal · June 7, 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.