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LLOYD WILLIAM PEELE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1940 – April 29, 1968
Service recordLloyd William Peele JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 6
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- WALTER GLENN POPEPetty Officer First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLARD POWERS JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- THOMAS STANLEY COOKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- LARRY ODELL COPELANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- RONAL EDWARD CRITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- EDWARD ALBERT GAFFNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- JOSEPH THOMAS KOVALOFFSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID GAIL LEDGERWOODSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 4
- GEORGE LATHANPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- THOMAS ALLEN NYSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 7
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 7
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- GARY WISNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
- GARY LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.