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PENI UELI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1937 – January 16, 1966
Service recordPeni Ueli, of Wilmington, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 75
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVERLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- JAMES E TATEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1966
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 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.