The Wall › Panel 14W › Pennsylvania › Paul Renato Peluso JR
PAUL RENATO PELUSO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – February 2, 1970
Service recordPaul Renato Peluso JR, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 95
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 95
- ANTHONY JOHN METZGER JRFireman · February 2, 1970
- RICHARD HERSHEL MILLERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- GIRAUD DOMENICO MUNTZLance Corporal · February 2, 1970
- CARL ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
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.