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MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – May 14, 1967
Service recordMichael Eugene Peterson, of Monrovia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 121
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Monrovia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 121
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL OBRIENLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES BOSTCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 115
- BENITO REYNA GONZALEZCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 116
- CHARLES E HALFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 118
- ELTON LEBOUEF JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 119
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 121
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 121
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 122
- CRAWFORD SNOWCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 122
From Monrovia
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
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.