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LAWRENCE VINCENT PETERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1932 – April 20, 1966
Service recordLawrence Vincent Peters, of Waterville, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Waterville, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 124
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 1966
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- RONALD VINCENT SILBERSACKCorporal · April 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD VINCENT SILBERSACKCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 124
From Waterville
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- JAMES GERARD POMERLEAUCorporal · April 24, 1967
- ROBERT LEOPOLD CLUKEY JRSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
- RODNEY JEROME DELISLEPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.