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MICHAEL VIRGIL PETERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – January 27, 1968
Service recordMichael Virgil Peterson, of Pipestone, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Pipestone, Minnesota (Pipestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 48
- HERLIHY TOWNSEND LONGColonel · January 27, 1968
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL MUELLERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUBE ARTHUR COX JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 45
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 49
- WILLIAM HENRY SCHEIBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 50
- LARRY WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 50
From Pipestone
- WILLIAM STANNARD FORMANLieutenant Commander · January 22, 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.