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PETER ALBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordPeter Albert, of Danvers, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Danvers, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 39
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JERRY LEE BECKHAMSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD KIRK GILLINGHAMCorporal · May 19, 1967
From Danvers
- GORDON WARREN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY FERAFirst Lieutenant · March 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.