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MICHAEL EDGAR MCPETERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – April 1, 1971
Service recordMichael Edgar McPeters, of Nebo, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 100
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Nebo, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 100
- COLLIE JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- PETER LOUIS WINTERCorporal · April 1, 1971
- STEVEN CHARLES WRAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
- GEORGE W YOUNGERMAN JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
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.