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KENNETH WALTER PETERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 13, 1945 – January 18, 1969
Service recordKenneth Walter Peters, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 34
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 34
- WILLIAM BLAINE ROLLINS JRSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
- ORMAN STONECorporal · January 18, 1969
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD TOMIKELPrivate · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN REX BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 30
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 33
- DAVID WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.