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MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1945 – October 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Harreld Peterson, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 19
- THOMAS EDWARD HEIDEMANMaster Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · October 24, 1970
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- CRAIG BRIAN SCHIELECaptain · October 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.