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LARRY J PETERS
Captain · U.S. Army
March 7, 1936 – August 16, 1967
Service recordLarry J Peters, of Niles, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHD 21 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Niles, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 3
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SPOHNLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From Niles
- WALTER ROBIN LANGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
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.