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KERMIT C PETERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – August 14, 1968
Service recordKermit C Peterson JR, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 14
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- RICHARD DANIEL NOVAKLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- LEONARD MONROE PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ARTHUR MANTHEYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 13
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.