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JULIUS LEE PETERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 10, 1949 – July 2, 1969
Service recordJulius Lee Peterson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 48
- RALPH BERNARD ORTMANNCorporal · July 2, 1969
- JAMES RONALD RAINWATERCorporal · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES RIZZOCorporal · July 2, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.