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MARK ALLAN PETERSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 14, 1949 – January 27, 1973
Service recordMark Allan Peterson, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 27, 1973, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 113
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1144E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TAC AIR SPT SQ
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 27, 1973
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1973; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “23 TAC AIR SPT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 113
- JOHN ONEAL RUCKERSergeant · January 27, 1973
- JAMES ALLYN DUENSINGLieutenant · January 30, 1973
- ROY ELBERT HAVILANDLieutenant (junior grade) · January 30, 1973
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 112
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.