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MICHAEL GERALD PETERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – October 26, 1966
Service recordMichael Gerald Peterson, of Stanchfield, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 114
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Stanchfield, Minnesota (Isanti County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 114
- OMAR RAY FORDLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 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.