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PETER ALLAN ARKOETTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordPeter Allan Arkoette, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 36
- GREGORY GEORGE BECKChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 18, 1969
- PAUL GEORGE BELLINOCorporal · May 18, 1969
- LARRY JOHN BUDDESpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- MILTON JACKSON BUSHSergeant · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER MARVIN COURVILLECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 38
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.