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PETER ALLAN PENFOLD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1947 – October 17, 1967
Service recordPeter Allan Penfold, of Oceanside, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 29
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Oceanside, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 29
- STEVEN LARRY OSTROFFSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- WALTER PLATOSZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARLAND JERONE RANDALLSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
From Oceanside
- HAROLD JEFFREY CANANSergeant · September 14, 1967
- RONALD VINCENT MAIORANAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HUEFFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
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.