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LE ROY ALVIN PETER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordLe Roy Alvin Peter, of Payson, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Payson, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 36
- JAMES EARL PARKERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE PEMBLETONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- AQUILLA ANTHONY PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER PONDOFFPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- JESUS P RAMIREZMaster Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 37
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.