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PETER ALAN KIDD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1950 – August 22, 1969
Service recordPeter Alan Kidd, of Sinclairville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Sinclairville, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 95
- ROBERT LEE KETELAARSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LINGLECorporal · August 22, 1969
From Sinclairville
- JACK WALTER BRUNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1971
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.