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PETER ALAN LAMONT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1945 – April 2, 1967
Service recordPeter Alan Lamont, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 93
- JOHN FRANCIS DANIELS JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- FRANCIS M LAWRENCE JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 91
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
- VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.