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LEE RAYMOND PETERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – July 30, 1970
Service recordLee Raymond Peters, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 70
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
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 70
- VINCENT PINAULA MOREHAMCorporal · July 30, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
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.